EVERY 15 MINUTES SUMMARY REPORT
FEBRUARY, 2001
This summary includes the responses of students designated as
the "living dead" or who participated as part of the crash
scene in the Every 15 Minutes program during the 1999-2000
school year.
Participants:
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1198 participants completed pre and post tests from 47
high schools
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539 were male and 654 were female
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age range was 14-20 years of age with an average age of
16.74 years
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5.2% of the students were freshmen; 6.9% were sophomores;
37% were juniors; and 50.4% were seniors
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time between pre and post tests ranged from 19 to 118 days
with an average of 58 days
Statistically Significant Results from Pre to Post tests:
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students decreased the number of daily and weekly drinking
episodes
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less likely to drive when drinking
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less likely to drive when they had drunk 3-4 drinks or 5
or more drinks
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less likely to be a passenger with a driver who had been
drinking
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less likely to ride with a driver who had drunk 1-2 drinks
or 3-4 drinks
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more likely to watch how much their friends are drinking
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more likely to worry about how much their friends are
drinking
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more likely to prevent their friends from driving when the
friends are drinking
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more likely to talk with their own parents about drinking
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more likely to talk with a teacher about drinking
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more likely to designate a non-drinking driver
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more likely to buckle their seat belts
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more likely to monitor their own intake of alcohol
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more likely to call for a ride home rather than drink and
drive
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more likely to choose not to drink
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more likely to take some ones keys or hand over their keys
if drinking
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less likely to engage in drinking games
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less likely to binge drink
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more likely to walk home rather than drive
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more likely to get a ride home rather than drink and drive
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more likely to write a contract with parents regarding
circumstances of drinking and driving behavior
Program Evaluation:
On a scale of 1-5, students were asked to rate the
meaningfulness of the different components of the program.
They are listed here with the most meaningful to the least
meaningful.
|
Event / Goal |
Rating |
|
Memorial Assembly |
4.02 |
|
Learning about the grief process |
3.68 |
|
Retreat |
3.53 |
|
Understanding my own vulnerability |
3.46 |
|
Legal aspects of drinking and driving |
3.42 |
|
Hearing from professionals |
3.41 |
|
Collision scene/arrest |
3.33 |
|
Obituary |
3.00 |
|
Being pulled out of class |
2.44 |
Statistically Significant Results from Pre to Post test
for Parents:
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More prepared to control or prevent alcohol problems
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More confident teenager does not drink and drive
Program Evaluation:
On a scale of 1-4, parents were asked to rate the
meaningfulness of the different components of the program.
They are listed here with the most meaningful to the least
meaningful:
|
Event / Goal |
Rating |
|
Child learning about the grief process |
3.75 |
|
Child learning legal aspects of drinking and driving |
3.63 |
|
Child understanding their own vulnerability |
3.53 |
|
Memorial Assembly |
3.11 |
|
Letter writing/reading |
2.98 |
|
Hearing from professionals |
3.56 |
|
Obituary |
2.51 |
|
Death notification |
2.50 |
Date collected and analyzed by:
Judith A. Bordin, Ph.D.
Professor, Child Development Program
California State University, Chico