Studying the Effect of the Unplugged Prevention Programme on Children Whose Mothers Report Drinking More Than Weekly
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: The foreign studies indicate that parental substance use makes it more likely that their children will engage in risk behaviour. Risk behaviour may be positively influenced by prevention programmes.
AIM: The aim of this research project was to assess whether the Unplugged prevention programme has the desired effect on drinking among children at the age of approximately 15 years. The study addresses any differences in the effects on the children that depend on whether their mothers drink more than weekly.
We regarded drinking as a sign of risk behaviour engaged in by children from families where the mothers use alcohol more or less than weekly. METHODS: The data of the children who were exposed to the prevention programme was compared to that of the children who did not participate in the programme.
RESULTS: The Unplugged prevention programme was found to have no statistically measurable effect on drinking among children who came from families where the mother uses alcohol more than weekly. Children from the families where the mother reported using alcohol weekly or less frequently than that and who had been exposed to the Unplugged prevention programme were found to be less likely (by 63%) to report drunkenness in the last 30 days. (C) 2021, Sdruzeni SCAN.
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