PROJECT KICK, A SCHOOL-BASED DRUG-EDUCATION RESEARCH-PROJECT - PEERS,PARENTS AND KIDS

This paper is a report of the results of the first phase of a three-ph ase research project, Project KICK (Kids In Cooperation With Kids). Th e project includes a school-based research study that examined the int eraction between parent education, positive peer role modeling and dru g education for third graders. The general hypothesis was that our int ervention would lead to an increase in self-esteem, improved attitudes , increased knowledge regarding drugs, and an improvement in the quali ty of parent-child relationships among third graders. Preliminary resu lts were encouraging. Increases were found in the predicted direction on all major variables except for drug information.