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Normative Reliel's -0 .63 -0 .52 -0,38 •U .42
Life Style Compatibility -U .C 1 -0 .56 -0 .38 -0 .37
Comnutmcnt -0 .59 -0 .59 -0 .33 -0 .30
Bclicfs about Conecyucnccs -0 . 55 -U .45 -0 .39 -0 .13
12,csistancc Skills -U 4U -0 .33 -0 .31 -U .25
Goal-setting -0 .?,5 -0 .25 -0 .20 -U .19
iecisinn Skills -0 .24 -0 .24 -U .18 -0 .19
Activities/Alternatives -0 .23 -0 .25 -U .t7 -0 .16
Sclf listcctn -U .19 -0.21 -0 .20 -0 .17
Stress Mana,cntcnt Skills -0 .12 -U .13 -U,13 -U,U7
Sucial!Lilk Skills U .US -0 .02 0 .04 0 .05
Assiatanc,c Skilis 0 .05 U .05 0 .03 0-01
tn the end, success in school-based prevention requires the development of a significant
knowledge base . The importance of this technical capability cannot he trver-emphtu ;ired .
Without it, preventive approaches will fail more often than they succeed . The lact that failure
charactcrizc :r ncariy all nan-resoarch-hascd curriculur approachcv undurycuresthiv point .
Currently, the school-based prevention field is characterized and dominated by individuals and
groups who believe strongly in the value ul'preventitm . More often than not, intuitive
approaches that Lend to he adopted seldom . if ever, achieve prevention goals . No matter how
wide¢pread or pnpidar a prnKram may hr., ellet•tivenev,; in prevenling the inaet uf enh%snre nsrt
and abuse murLL remain the primary and sole criterion by which programs are judged .
The state-of-the-art in prevention programming now clearly favors programs that are datadriven
; programs must tar,;et and change mediating variables that are strongly predictive of
substance use development . Many of the approaches that have been popular in the past .
including huilding self esteem, teachin g g eneric naciai skillti, an d teaching s:pecilic skills such as
stress managcmcnt arc nct likciy to bc cffcctivc in school-bascd prcvcntiou . Yrogrants thar
target thcsc characteristics may fultill othCr IICCdS . but arC not likely Io 17C effective aS
preventive tools .
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