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Date of Award
1995
Document Type
Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Roger Katz
First Committee Member
Kenneth L. Beauchamp
Second Committee Member
Pam Dell Fitzgerald
Abstract
The present study compared levels of cigarette smoking refusal skills, and assessed generalization to a novel behavior domain among three groups of fifth grade students. A total of 32 students where randomly assigned to one of three groups: (a) a smoking refusal skills group; (b) a multiple domain (smoking, drug and alcohol, and gang activity) refusal skills group; and (c) a group that only discussed the negative health effects of smoking. It was predicted that both skill training groups, in relation to the discussion group, would score significantly higher for refusing cigarettes on self-efficacy and skill performance dependent variables. It was also predicted that the group receiving training in multiple high risk domains would perform best on the untrained measure of refusing an offer to get into a car with a drunk driver. Results did not support either of the two hypotheses. The reasons for this are discussed.
Pages
81
Recommended Citation
Westerman, Jeffrey Joseph. (1995). Domain specific refusal skill training with adolescents: Assessing generalization as a function of the number of domains trained. University of the Pacific, Thesis - Pacific Access Restricted. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/2802
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