ADDICTA: THE TURKISH JOURNAL ON ADDICTIONS
Received: April 12, 2018
Accepted: October 11, 2018
OnlineFirst: February 25, 2019
Copyright © 2019 Turkish Green Crescent Society
ISSN 2148-7286 eISSN 2149-1305
http://addicta.com.tr/en/
DOI 10.15805/addicta.2019.6.1.0005 2019 6(1) 115‒131
Research Article
To cite this article: Büyüköztürk, Ş., Yılmaz, S., Özbay, Y., Eşici, H., Tomar, İ. H., Aliyev, R., Yıldırım Hoş, H. ... Akyılmaz F.
D. (2019). The effectiveness of Addiction Prevention Training Program of Turkey on improved acquisition of knowledge and
emotional awareness about addiction. Addicta: The Turkish Journal on Addictions, 6, 115−131.
http://dx.doi.org/10.15805/addicta.2019.6.1.0005
* The preparation of this paper was supported by Addiction Prevention Training Program of Turkey.
1 Correspondence to: Şener Büyüköztürk (PhD), Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep Turkey.
Email: sener.buyukozturk@hku.edu.tr
2 Turkish Green Crescent Society, Istanbul Turkey. Email: savas.yilmaz@yesilay.org.tr
3 Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep Turkey. Email: yasar.ozbay@hku.edu.tr
4 Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep Turkey. Email: yasar.ozbay@hku.edu.tr
5 Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep Turkey. Email: ismail.tomar@hku.edu.tr & ihtomar@gmail.com
6 Faculty of Education, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep Turkey. Email: ramin.aliyev@hku.edu.tr
7 Faculty of Education, İstanbul Medeniyet University, İstanbul Turkey. Email: halime.yldrm@gmail.com
8 Faculty of Gazi Education, Gazi University, Ankara Turkey. Email: ssnfrh@gmail.com
9 Faculty of Letters, Çankırı Karatekin University, Çankırı Turkey. Email: menekseuysal@gazi.edu.tr
10 Faculty of Gazi Education, Gazi University, Ankara Turkey. Email: gorkemceyhan@gazi.edu.tr
11 Turkish Green Crescent Society, Istanbul Turkey. Email: derya.akyilmaz@yesilay.org.tr
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the effect that the Addiction Prevention Training Program of Turkey (APT) has
on increasing primary, middle, and high school students’ knowledge and emotional awareness about addiction. A pre-test/
post-test one group experimental design was used in the study. The study group consisted of a combined total of 5,570
primary, middle, and high school students from 12 provinces of Turkey from each of the 12 regions in NUTS-1 A dependent
t-test was conducted to examine the program’s ability in aiding students to acquire knowledge and emotional awareness.
APT was found to be effective in increasing students’ knowledge and emotional awareness about technology addiction and
to be more successful for primary school and high school than for middle school students. The program is successful in
combating tobacco addiction. High school students in particular became more informed about tobacco addiction as a result
of the program. APT furthermore helped high school students increase their knowledge and emotional awareness about
alcohol and drug addiction. Finally, although the program was effective in improving students’ knowledge about healthy
living, it did not have the same effect in increasing their emotional awareness about it. As a result, the program was effective
in improving students’ knowledge and emotional awareness about addictions.
Keywords
Addiction prevention training program • Technology addiction • Tobacco addiction • Alcohol addiction • Drug addiction •
Healthy living
Şener Büyüköztürk
1
Hasan Kalyoncu University
Savaş Yılmaz
2
Turkish Green Crescent Society
Yaşar Özbay
3
Hasan Kalyoncu University
Hasan Eşici
4
Hasan Kalyoncu University
İsmail Hakkı Tomar
5
Hasan Kalyoncu University
Ramin Aliyev
6
Hasan Kalyoncu University
Halime Yıldırım Hoş
7
İstanbul Medeniyet University
Sinem Şenferah
8
Gazi University
Menekşe Uysal Saraç
9
Gazi University
Görkem Ceyhan
10
Gazi University
Fatma Derya Akyılmaz
11
Turkish Green Crescent Society
The Effectiveness of Addiction Prevention Training Program
of Turkey on Improved Acquisition of Knowledge and
Emotional Awareness about Addiction
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