A Non-formal Education Program to Enhance Drug Abuse Resilience Quotient of Youth At-risk of Drug Relapse: The Approaching of the Transformative Learning Theory and the Cognitive Behavioral Modification Concept

摘要

The purpose of this research was to develop a non-formal education program based on Transformative Learning Theory and Cognitive Behavioral Modification Concept to enhance drug abuse resilience quotient of youth at-risk of drug relapse. The research procedure is divided into three phases: 1) to study the learner's need about the program to build the resilience quotient for the youth at-risk of drug relapse, 2) to develop the non-formal education program to build the resilience quotient for the youth at-risk of drug relapse, and 3) to study the impacts of the program application. The design of this study was the quasi-experimental research approach with two - group pretest and posttest. The experimental group consisted of 30 relapse drug at-risk youth who used the developed program. The controlled group consisted of 30 relapse drug at-risk youth who used the drug addicted treatment. Both groups were in the congested community in Klongtoey district, Bangkok, Thailand. The effects were compared between two groups by using t-test. The results showed that the youth preferred interactive activities such as game, role play to lecture and the experimental group gain more drug abuse resilience quotient than controlled group significantly. In conclusion, a non-formal education program based on transformative learning to enhance drug abuse resilience quotient of youth at-risk of drug relapse is suitable.