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