Abstract
The project P.A.T.H.S. is an indigenously developed positive youth development program in Hong Kong. In the extension phase (2009/2010 school year), subjective outcome evaluation data were collected from 231 schools involving 89,068 participants after completion of the curricula-based Tier 1 Program. With schools as the units of analysis, results showed that participants generally had positive perceptions of the program content and implementers, with over four-fifth of the participants regarded the program as helpful to them. There were some significant grade differences in the subjective outcome evaluation findings, although the related effect size was not strong. Multiple regression analyses revealed that program content and program implementers predicted perceived effectiveness of the program. The present study suggests that irrespective of cohorts, students in the junior secondary years perceived the program to be beneficial to them.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2012
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1100/2012/493957
Repository Citation
Shek, Daniel T. L. and Ma, Cecilia M. S., "Subjective Outcome Evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Different Cohorts of Students" (2012). Pediatrics Faculty Publications. 13.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/pediatrics_facpub/13
Notes/Citation Information
Published in The Scientific World Journal, v. 2012, 493957.
© 2012 Daniel T. L. Shek and Cecilia M. S. Ma. This is an open access article distributed under theCreative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.