Mendez Foundation TGFD - Grades 6-8

GRADE     

1.  How wrong do you think it is for someone your age to drink beer, wine coolers, or other types of alcohol?

Not Wrong at All A little bit Wrong Not Sure Wrong Very Wrong

2. How wrong do you think it is for someone your age to smoke cigarettes?

Not Wrong at All little bit Wrong Not Sure Wrong Very Wrong

3. How wrong do you think it is for someone your age to use marijuana?

Not Wrong at All A little bit Wrong Not Sure Wrong Very Wrong

4. Think of your four best friends (the friends you feel closest to). In the past year (twelve months) how many of your best friends have smoked cigarettes?

None One Two Three Four

5. Think of your four best friends. In the past year how many of your friends have tried beer, wine, or other types of alcohol when their parents don't know about it?

None One Two Three Four

6. Think of your four best friends. In the past year how many of your best friends have used marijuana?

None One Two Three Four

7. Smoking marijuana improves a person's coordination and reaction time.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

8. Alcohol tends to pep a person up.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

9. People who smoke cigarettes can quit whenever they want to.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

10. Most kids my age smoke cigarettes or use tobacco products.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

11. Most kids my age drink beer, wine coolers or other types of alcohol when their parents don't know about it.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

12. Most kids my age use marijuana.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

13. I can do almost anything I put my mind to.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

14. I can change what might happen tomorrow by what I do today.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

15. I can pick out the images and ideas that advertisers use to make people think tobacco and alcohol will make their life better.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

16. Most kids my age approve of other kids smoking cigarettes or using tobacco products.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

17. Most kids my age approve of other kids drinking beer, wine coolers, or other types of alcohol.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

18. Most kids my age approve of other kids using marijuana.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

19. I have the skills to target, plan, and reach my personal goals.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

20. Things just happen to me, and there is nothing I can do about it.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

21. I know many peer refusal strategies to help me avoid or resist peer pressure to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or use marijuana.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

22. I am confident that I can use refusal strategies to help me avoid or resist peer pressure to smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, or use marijuana.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

23. I make better decisions when I plan ahead and think about the consequences.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

24. I might smoke when I get older.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

25. If I have the chance, I might try marijuana.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

26. If I have the chance, I might try drinking alcohol.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

27. It's important to stop and think before you act.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

28. I have decided I won't smoke cigarettes or use other tobacco products anytime next year (twelve months).

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

29. I have decided I won't drink beer, wine coolers, or other types of alcohol anytime during the next year.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree

30. I have decided I won't use marijuana anytime during the next year.

Strongly Agree Agree Not Sure Disagree Strongly Disagree