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KMID : 1151020210490010120
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Mental Health & Social Work
2021 Volume.49 No. 1 p.120 ~ p.148
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Evaluation of a Network Intervention-Based Adolescent Alcohol Use and Cigarette Smoking Prevention Program
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Kim Yong-Seok
Song Jin-Hee
Lee Sok-Ho
Kwon Yi-Jin
Kang Jung-Hwan
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Abstract
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Network interventions, defined as the process of accelerating behavior changes by using social network data, improve the program effectiveness by implementing it using the powers and influences of peer social networks and peer leaders. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a network intervention-based adolescent alcohol drinking and smoking prevention program. A total of 114 students in a middle school located in Gyeonggi-do participated in this study. A network intervention-based prevention program was provided to the experimental groups (2 classes) and the same program but implemented in a traditional way provided to the control groups(3 classes). Social network analysis was conducted with the data of the experimental data in order to create sub-groups and select peer leaders. Before implementing the program, peer leaders were trained in order for them to be familiar with the program and to learn leaders’ roles. To evaluate the effectiveness of the network intervention-based program, several outcome variables were measured at three points, baseline, post-initial, and one-year follow-up. Although many significant findings were obtained, there was a significant time and group interaction effect in terms of the attitude toward smoking. The changes of the attitude toward smoking by time were significant in the experimental groups only. This study is the first one of this kind and provides some suggestions to expand the network intervention-based prevention programs for adolescents.
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KEYWORD
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adolescent, alcohol use, cigarette smoking, network intervention, prevention program
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