Preventing substance abuse among American-Indian adolescents: A bicultural competence skills approach.
- 1 January 1988
- journal article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Journal of Counseling Psychology
- Vol. 35 (1), 87-90
- https://doi.org/10.1037//0022-0167.35.1.87
Abstract
Tobacco, alcohol, and drug use are problems for American-Indian people. We reviewed these problems and the explanations for them and described a bicultural competence skills approach for preventing substance abuse with American-Indian adolescents. Data from a study of that approach suggest its efficacy with American-Indian youth. At posttest and a 6-month follow-up, American-Indian subjects who received preventive intervention based on bicultural competence skills concepts improved more than did American-Indian subjects in a no-intervention control condition on measures of substance-use knowledge, attitudes, and interactive skills, and on self-reported rates of tobacco, alcohol, and drug use. Our findings have implications for future substance-abuse prevention research with American-Indian people.Keywords
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