The Effectiveness of Alcohol Drinking Prevention Program by Application of The Theory of Planned Behavior with Social Support on Alcohol Drinking Preventive behaviors among High School Students

Abstract

Abstract

This Quasi-Experimental research  aimed to study the effects of alcohol drinking prevention program by applying of the Plan Behavior theory together with Social support in high school. The samples were 60 high school students who were studying in mattayomsuksa 4 at the secondary school in Nam Phong District Khon Kaen Province, academic year 2022, then divided into 2 groups (experimental group and control group), each group was 30 students. The experimental group received alcohol prevention program which consists of watching video clips, alcohol prevention guideline handbook, organized a forum to discussion and exchange of experience about alcohol through receiving social support from researchers, teachers, friends and parents. The control group received normal health education about alcohol prevention in school. The experimental was conducted for 12 weeks. Data were collected by using questionnaires, and demographic characteristics were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Comparative mean score difference by Paired t-test and Independent t-test at a significance level of 0.05.  

The results showed that after the experiment, the experimental group had the mean score and the mean score difference of alcohol knowledge, attitudes toward perceived benefits of not drinking alcohol, cognitive behavior control in preventing alcohol use and intention to prevent drinking alcohol were significantly higher than before the experiment (p - value < 0.001) and significantly higher than the Control group (p - value < 0.001). And the score of the problems from drinking alcohol was less than the control group at the statistical significance level of 0.05. In conclusion, this program was effective for alcohol prevention among students, it should be applied to an others high school which similar context.