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Waltenbaugh, Adam W.; Zagummy, Matthew J. – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2004
Studies have shown that cigarette smokers are generally aware of increased health risks associated with smoking, but that smokers tend to underestimate their own susceptibility to disease. In general, optimistic bias has been shown to increase with greater perceived control over an event or behavior; however, this phenomenon has not been examined…
Descriptors: Smoking, Behavior Patterns, Health, Risk
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Ma, Grace X.; Lan, Yajia; Edwards, Rosita L.; Shive, Steven E.; Chau, Tolan – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 2004
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a culturally tailored smoking prevention program for Asian American youth (Youth-PASS). A field-tested questionnaire was used to solicit information from participants on knowledge, attitudes and behaviors associated with tobacco and tobacco use, as well as satisfaction with prevention program content and…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Prevention
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Carifio, James; Biron, Ronald – Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education, 1982
Describes a simple, confidentiality-preserving, data-collection technique the Context-Determined, Rule-Generated, Pseudonym (CDRGP) Technique, capable of generating correlational data across multiple time-points. Experiments showed that students would respond to alcohol consumption questions using the technique and that no significant response…
Descriptors: Alcoholic Beverages, Behavior Patterns, Confidentiality, Correlation