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| Ranking |
Evidence-Based Practice |
| Description |
Teams-Games-Tournaments (TGT) program is an approach to alcohol prevention that combines peer support with group reward structures. The program was developed through research on games as a teaching device, small groups as classroom work units, and the task-and-reward structures used in the traditional classroom. The TGT technique stresses group rather than individual achievement.
The first part of the curriculum covers the biological, psychological, and sociocultural determinants of alcoholism. During the program's second part, basic principles of social learning theory illustrate the concept that all drinking is learned. With this knowledge, students then learn self-management tools: assertiveness, refusal skills, how to change their internal and external environment. The tournament games consist of short-answer questions designed to assess and reinforce the knowledge gained in class. |
| Goal / Mission |
The goal of this program is to educate students about alcohol and to prevent alcohol abuse. |
| Results / Accomplishments |
The evaluation of Teams-Games-Tournaments used an experimental design methodology. TGT participants showed significant gains in alcohol-related knowledge at posttest, relative to both the traditional and no-instruction control groups. Additional analyses confirmed that these effects remained significant at follow-up. TGT participants also showed significantly better attitudes toward drinking and driving, as well as reduced impulsive behavior, relative to the two other groups. Measures of alcohol consumption also favored the experimental group. From pretest to posttest the experimental group decreased its consumption by 12.7 percent, while the traditional control groups showed no reduction at all. |
| Categories |
Health / Substance Abuse
Health / Teen & Adolescent Health
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| Organization(s) |
University of Tennessee |
| Source |
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Model Programs Guide (MPG) |
| Date of Publication |
2004 |
| Location |
State: Georgia |
| Primary Contact |
John Wodarski, Ph.D.
324 Henson Hall
College of Social Work
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 974-3988
jwodarsk@utk.edu
http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/mpgProgramDetails.aspx...
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| Target Audience |
Teens |
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