Table 9 Percent of students who gave a correct answer to program content questions.
Control | Drug Ed | Significance Level df = 11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 524 | N = 419 | N = 433 | N = 388 | |||
Baseline | 6-month follow-up | Baseline | 6-month follow-up | F | p valuea | |
1. Drugs affect your mind only while you are taking them. (answered false) | 58.8% | 68.7% | 58.0% | 68.3% | 3.21 | <0.001 |
2. Alcohol is not a drug. (answered false) | 51.3% | 54.9% | 53.3% | 70.9% | 6.03 | <0.001 |
3. Every drug really produces just one main effect and that is what you should be concerned about. (answered false) | 62.2% | 69.0% | 56.4% | 63.9% | 3.77 | <0.001 |
4. Drug abuse only means illegal drugs. (answered false) | 79.0% | 80.4% | 76.7% | 79.1% | 4.24 | <0.001 |
5. Because marijuana grows naturally, the chemicals it contains aren't really bad for your body. (answered false) | 67.9% | 74.2% | 60.5% | 68.8% | 3.53 | <0.001 |
6. One reason youth experiment with drugs is because they are advertised in movies, television, and magazines. (answered true) | 57.6% | 61.6% | 47.6% | 64.9% | 4.70 | <0.001 |
7. All drugs change the way your body works, whether you want them to or not. (answered true) | 76.1% | 76.4% | 65.4% | 74.5% | 2.15 | 0.015 |
8. Once you take a drug, it will always have the same effect each time you take it. (answered false) | 48.9% | 57.3% | 47.3% | 56.4% | 3.58 | <0.001 |
9. Drugs cause your body to use up vitamins and minerals. (answered true) | 36.3% | 50.4% | 33.0% | 72.9% | 8.79 | <0.001 |
10. Drugs can cause blank spots in your memory. (answered true) | 75.2% | 80.4% | 66.5% | 79.6% | 5.06 | <0.001 |
11. Drugs can cause a person to be sure they are doing one thing when in actual fact they are doing something else. (answered true) | 68.9% | 73.3% | 60.0% | 67.5% | 5.25 | <0.001 |
12. Hallucinogens are not as bad as other drugs. (answered false) | 50.6% | 57.0% | 42.0% | 59.0% | 2.90 | <0.001 |
13. Alcohol ads are designed only for people over 21 years of age. (answered false) | 51.7% | 59.2% | 49.9% | 58.8% | 7.35 | <0.001 |
14. Drugs can change how you feel, after a while a person on drugs can become depressed and not caring. (answered true) | 76.5% | 79.5% | 72.3% | 75.8% | 3.23 | <0.001 |
15. Once you stop drugs, it's over – they have no further effect on your body or mind. (answered false) | 76.1% | 77.3% | 68.4% | 70.9% | 2.60 | 0.003 |
16. Addiction only happens once you can't say no. (answered true) | 31.9% | 37.9% | 26.1% | 24.5% | 2.95 | 0.001 |
17. Its okay if you just take drugs once in a while because the body cleans all the drug stuff out in a few days. (answered false) | 66.4% | 69.5% | 63.0% | 72.9% | 3.53 | <0.001 |
18. I know how to tell if I am getting good information about drugs. (answered true) | 46.9% | 62.1% | 49.2% | 63.4% | 2.56 | 0.003 |
19. A person needs to have personal goals to be happy. (answered true) | 60.1% | 68.3% | 52.7% | 69.3% | 3.28 | <0.001 |
20. It is easy for me to communicate what I think or how I feel about something. (answered true) | 63.4% | 70.6% | 56.8% | 65.2% | 1.34 | ns |
21. I know enough about drugs to make my own decisions. (answered true) | 80.0% | 84.2% | 76.9% | 81.7% | 2.77 | 0.002 |
22. I can easily resist pressures to take drugs. (answered true) | 72.3% | 78.8% | 70.0% | 74.5% | 2.77 | 0.002 |
23. I have resisted pressures to take drugs before. (answered true) | 66.4% | 69.2% | 58.9% | 68.3% | .88 | ns |
24. In the future, I might use drugs. (answered false) | 64.9% | 65.9% | 60.7% | 60.8% | 2.74 | 0.002 |
25. Drugs aren't really that bad. (answered false) | 79.4% | 81.6% | 70.9% | 75.0% | 1.91 | 0.035 |