Prevention of the Use of Psychoactive Substances in the Pre-Secondary Stage of Education through the Implementation of a School Project Program: Analysis of the Results of an Expert Assessment

Abstract

The article presents the results of an expert evaluation of a program for the prevention of the use of psychoactive substances in the junior high school stage of education. The project program was constructed by students from the Faculty of Pedagogy of Sofia University in the profile “Prevention and correction of deviant behaviour”. The results of the empirical research are presented on the basis of a mathematical-statistical analysis of a built-in rating scale with predefined criteria and indicators and a content analysis of comments and recommendations of specialists involved in the prevention of the use of psychoactive substances.