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Drug Prevention Programmes and Opinions from Students – Comparison between Zagreb and Split
Mirela Šentija Knežević
orcid.org/0000-0002-6763-0299
; Grad Zagreb, Gradski ured za zdravstvo, Hrvatska
Ana Butković
; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Hrvatska
Zdravko Valenta
; Policijska uprava zagrebačka, Republika Hrvatska
Sažetak
This study aimed to investigate and compare differences in opinions among first-grade-students from
secondary schools in Zagreb and Split, their satisfaction with the police and willingness to turn to the
police for help, as well as drug prevention programmes depending on their scope of implementation.
Drug prevention programmes encompass all students in Zagreb, while in Split, only part of them. The
data was collected from 963 students (49% male) in Split and 1517 students (54% male) in Zagreb by
using a questionnaire. The tests used for the comparison of the results between the two groups were the
t-test and the chi-square test. The results have shown that the overall satisfaction with police service is
significantly higher (t (1582.50) = 12.32, p < 0.001, d = 0.55) among Zagreb secondary school students
(M = 3.75, SD = 0.93) than among students attending schools in Split (M = 3.20, SD = 1.07). Furthermore,
there is a significant difference between the number of students in Zagreb and those in Split who
would turn to a police officer for help (χ2 (2, N = 2461) = 46.79, p < 0.001). Out of the students in
Zagreb, 8% would not ask the police for help, 31% were unsure, while 61% would seek help from the
police. On the other hand, in Split, 14% of them would not ask, 38% were unsure, and 48% would ask
the police for assistance. A smaller percentage of students in Split were able to recollect parts of the prevention
programmes (the visit to the police station and attending the lecture given by a police officer).
In addition, the students in Split consider (t (1186.51) = 9.48, p < 0.001, d = 0.46) the information they
acquired during the police lecture less useful (M = 6.44, SD = 2.60) than the students in Zagreb (M =
7.55, SD = 2.26). When compared with the students in Split, the students in Zagreb would like to have
more lectures held by police officers, they feel like having a more negative opinion on drugs after those
lectures, and they like the idea of police officers delivering lectures. The present study, however, does
not represent a draft based on which the causal relationship between prevention programmes and the
students’ opinions can be concluded. Nevertheless, the results collected point to the possible effect of
prevention programmes on the students’ opinions, and thus to the importance of the implementation of
prevention programmes, or at least some of their parts, in schools in all Croatian counties.
Ključne riječi
satisfaction with police service, asking the police for assistance, prevention programmes
Hrčak ID:
249655
URI
Datum izdavanja:
23.12.2020.
Posjeta: 1.444 *