RESEARCH ARTICLE
Educating to Say ‘no’ to Reject High-Risk Suggestions Through Roleplaying Model Among Middle School Students
Fatemeh Shabani1, Mohtasham Ghafari2, Zahra Boroumandfar3, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2020Volume: 13
First Page: 7
Last Page: 13
Publisher ID: TOPHJ-13-7
DOI: 10.2174/1874944502013010007
Article History:
Received Date: 08/07/2019Revision Received Date: 4/11/2019
Acceptance Date: 22/11/2019
Electronic publication date: 18/02/2020
Collection year: 2020
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
As the adolescents lack necessary social and communicational skills, the present study aimed to educate to say ‘no’ to reject high-risk suggestions through the use of role play model.
Methods:
In a field trial, 145 female students using randomized sampling were selected in Arak. The checklist made for saying ‘no’ was completed before, immediately and two months after the intervention for students. The study was conducted based on the skill of saying ‘no’ through role-play training method. Data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistical tests through SPSS.
Results:
The mean scores of skills of saying ‘no’ to reject high risk suggestions showed a significant difference among the subjects before, immediately and two months after intervention (respectively p=0.000, p=0.009)
Conclusion:
The results indicate that the educational interventions of preventive behaviors are necessary for students to improve their skill of saying ‘no’.