Resilience Factors, the School-Based Universal Prevention Program "Unplugged" and Healthy Behavior among Early Adolescents

The paper investigates the role of internal asset (IA), perceived external resources (PER) resilience, and school-based universal prevention program known as ‘Unplugged’ in explaining persistent healthy behavior among early adolescence. A sample 425 adolescents was collected a repeated measure design study with baseline (T1) six-month follow-up (T2) after Unplugged implementation. Persistent assessed by change cumulative index substance use created combining alcohol cigarette smoking past 30 days their between T1 T2. Four categories were created: non-users, permanent users, new users ex-users. multinominal logistic regression revealed that non-users more likely to show higher self-esteem when compared users. Females had probability being than either or Moreover, intervention increased non-user rather user. Regarding PER have home support, prosocial peers, school connectedness Non-users also levels peers In summary, self-esteem, are associated behavior. To maintain this behavior, has been effective; thus assets Unplugged, play an important absence teenage years.