Strategy | Frequency, number (%) |
Description | Examples |
---|---|---|---|
Fear | 33 (48.5) | Emphasizes risk of death/injury/punishment/illness to self, visual of arrest, accident, ambulance, hospital or a symbolic representation of loss, injury or death. |
(Poster) Picture of drug user in jail with text “Doesn’t he look REAL cool?” (Radio) “That stuff is nasty for you. It could ruin your whole life like bad grades or no college.” |
Identity | 33 (48.5) | Focuses on establishing a nonuse identity (i.e., communicating a personal, relational, or social identity that prohibits substance use). |
(Video) Smoking peer says, “You wanna smoke a this?” Refusing peer says, “No. I’m not into that kind of stuff.” |
Rational | 32 (47.1) | Advocates analytical thinking and decision making. | (Poster) “Avoid! Don’t go if you think it’s a bad idea.” (Poster) “It’s your decision. Choose wisely.” |
Modeling | 17 (25.0) | Demonstrates people enacting nonuse behavior. | (Video) Refusing peer (RP): “What is that?” Drinking peer (DP): “Vodka, want some?” RP: “What?? No!” […] |
Negative consequences | 33 (48.5) | Depicts the act of using drugs as undesirable. | (Video) “EW! He’s smoking! Ugh! Gross!” |
Peer pressure | 28 (41.2) | Portrays interpersonal encounters in which an individual resists an attempt by another to influence his or her perspective or behavior. |
(Video) In response to a refusal to smoke… Smoking peer, “Oh are you kidding? You’d look cool like me!” Refusing peer, “No.” SP: “It’s like heaven in a stick.” |
Goal achievement | 22 (32.4) | Evokes positive emotions about the present or goals for the future (e.g., avoiding drugs to do well in sports or go to college). |
(Poster) “___ Middle School: Not Afraid to be Healthy, Happy and Drug FREE!!” Displays pictures of groups of students having fun and doing extracurricular activities. |