Violence in Brazilian schools: Analysis of the effect of the #Tamojunto prevention program for bullying and physical violence

Gusmoes, Julia Dell Sol Passos; Sañudo, Adriana; Valente, Juliana Y.; Sanchez, Zila M.

doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.12.003

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“…This relationship has already been reported in Chile [ 55 ] and elsewhere [ 56 , 57 ]. Interestingly, the #Tamojunto, the Brazilian version of the Unplugged program, reduced the bullying experience, especially among girls 11–13 years old at 9 months of follow-up [ 58 ]. Even though these results were not sustained at 21 months, these findings partially support the idea that school bonding may play a role in the effectiveness of these interventions.…”

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Validation of the European Drug Addiction Prevention Trial Questionnaire (EU-Dap) for substance use screening and to assess risk and protective factors among early adolescents in Chile

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Background Substance use is highly prevalent among Chilean adolescents, and the damage it causes at the neurobiological, psychological, and social levels is known. However, there are no validated screening instruments that also assess risk and protective factors for this population in Chile, which is essential for evaluating future prevention interventions. Objective To determine the psychometric properties of the European Drug Addiction Prevention Trial Questionnaire (EU-Dap) questionnaire. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out in 13 schools in the city of Santiago de Chile. The sample included 2261 adolescents ranging from 10 to 14 years old. Linguistic and cultural adaptation was assessed using focus groups with adolescents, the construct validity was evaluated using confirmatory factor analysis, and measures of its reliability were also determined. Furthermore, the associations regarding risk and protective factors with substance use were explored. Results Substance use questions were well understood and seemed to adequately capture the consumption of different drugs. Regarding the subscales of risk and protective factors, the analyses showed that most subscales had good psychometric properties, and few needed some degree of improvement (e.g., some items were removed). After the changes, most final subscales had good or adequate goodness of fit adjustments and good or acceptable internal consistency. Finally, the main associated factors with the substance use outcomes were: future substance use and school bonding for tobacco use; negative beliefs about alcohol, future substance use, school bonding and refusal skills for alcohol use; and negative beliefs about marihuana, positive attitudes towards drugs, risk perception, and substance abuse index for marihuana use. Normative beliefs increased the risk for all substances use. Conclusions The current findings suggest that the EU-Dap is a valid and reliable instrument, and it may help to evaluate the effectiveness of drug use prevention interventions.

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Validation of the European Drug Addiction Prevention Trial Questionnaire (EU-Dap) for substance use screening and to assess risk and protective factors among early adolescents in Chile

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“… 33 In Brazil, its effects on alcohol and inhalant use were mixed, 34 , 35 but bullying was reduced. 36 …”

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Translating science into policy: mental health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Gadelha

Kieling

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Braz. J. Psychiatry

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Several stressors associated with the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are expected to affect the mental health of global populations: the effects of physical distancing, quarantine, and social isolation; the emotional suffering of health and other frontline workers; neuropsychiatric sequelae in those affected by the virus; the impact to families of lives lost to the disease; differential effects for those with severe mental disorders; and the consequences of social and economic deterioration. In this context, we sought: to form a panel of Brazilian experts on child and adolescent health, neurodevelopment, health services, and adult and elderly mental health; and to compile evidence-based interventions to support suggested policy changes in Brazil to mitigate the expected increase in mental health disorders during the pandemic and its mental health consequences. The following actions are recommended: 1) invest in prevention programs for the safe return of students to schools; 2) adopt evidence-based psychosocial interventions to maintain an adequate environment for child and adolescent development; 3) target socially vulnerable populations and those experiencing discrimination; 4) train primary care teams to solve common mental health problems, provide needs-based assessments, and manage long-term, at-home care for older patients; 5) invest in technological advancements (e.g., telemedicine, e-Health, and web-based algorithms) to promote coordinated care; 6) increase access to and literacy in the use of computers and mobile phones, especially among older adults; 7) expand protocols for remote, brief psychotherapy interventions and psychoeducation to manage common mental health problems.

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“…Violence and drug use appear to have the same etiologies [1] and mechanisms of occurrence [2], tending to co-occur among adolescents [3][4][5], which makes it difficult to disentangle which comes first. For example, higher rates of violence perpetration and suffering victimization have been associated with increased drug use [6,7], while increases in drug use have been associated with aggressive behavior [8].…”

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“…The Comprehensive Social Influence Model contains skills training (e.g., communication skills, assertiveness), provides instruction in decision-making, and covers public commitment components differently from narrow-focused social influence programs, which are based on instruction of refusal assertion training and combating direct social influences [17]. In Brazil, it was called #Tamojunto and its use has shown a reduction over time in suffering from or practicing bullying and physical violence 1 and, more recently, binge drinking [18].…”

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Does #Tamojunto alter the dynamic between drug use and school violence among youth? Secondary analysis from a large cluster-randomized trial

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Gusmões

Valente

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Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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The present study investigated how intervention might alter the relationship between perpetrating violence and later drug use. A cluster-randomized controlled trial design involving 72 schools (38 intervention, 34 control) and 6390 students attending grades 7 and 8 was employed in Brazil. Drug use and violence were assessed at three points. A random-intercept cross-lagged panel model examined the reciprocal association between drug use and school violence domains across the three data collection waves. For both groups, we found that the cross-lagged effect of perpetration on further drug use in adolescents was stronger than the reverse, but the interrelationship was not statistically significant between #Tamojunto and control schools. The carry-over effects of drug use and violence were also not significantly different between groups. There is a lack of evidence showing that #Tamojunto can modify the dynamics between drug use and school violence across the 21-month period. The direction of the causal effect (i.e., the more perpetration behavior, the more subsequent drug use behavior) is present, but weak in both groups. The trial registration protocol at the national Brazilian Register of Clinical Trials (REBEC) is #RBR-4mnv5g.

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Violence in Brazilian schools: Analysis of the effect of the #Tamojunto prevention program for bullying and physical violence

Cited by 23 publications

References 48 publications

Validation of the European Drug Addiction Prevention Trial Questionnaire (EU-Dap) for substance use screening and to assess risk and protective factors among early adolescents in Chile

Validation of the European Drug Addiction Prevention Trial Questionnaire (EU-Dap) for substance use screening and to assess risk and protective factors among early adolescents in Chile

Translating science into policy: mental health challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic

Does #Tamojunto alter the dynamic between drug use and school violence among youth? Secondary analysis from a large cluster-randomized trial

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