THE LINK BETWEEN A PARTICIPANTS PERCEPTIONS OF TRAINING AND SUBSEQUENT LEVELS OF APPLICATION

Parr of a larger evaluation, this study explores the relationship betw een participants' perceptions of substance abuse prevention trainings and their subsequent application of these trainings. Using a stratifie d sampling technique, 76 participants were selected and interviewed po st-training. The majority of participants (98.7%) gave favorable compo site assessments of the trainings. More than half of participants' pos ttraining substance abuse-related prevention activities represented hi gh and medium level results. Chi-square yielded significance at the p < .01 level for two variables- ''composite participant perceptions of the training'' and ''preparation for mobilization.'' The findings supp ort the hypothesis that learning application is influenced by the lear ner's perception of the quality and usefulness of the training.