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. 1988 Jan;35(1):87-90.

Preventing Substance Abuse Among American-Indian Adolescents: A Bicultural Competence Skills Approach

Steven P Schinke  1 , Mario A Orlandi, Gilbert J Botvin, Lewayne D Gilchrist, Joseph E Trimble, Von S Locklear
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Preventing Substance Abuse Among American-Indian Adolescents: A Bicultural Competence Skills Approach

Steven P Schinke et al. J Couns Psychol. 1988 Jan.

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.

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