Subjective Outcome Evaluation of the Project P.A.T.H.S. in Different Cohorts of Students

Table 3

Summary of the program participants’ perception toward the program effectiveness.

The extent to which the Tier 1 Program (i.e., the program in which all students have joined) has helped your students	Respondents with positive responses (options 3–5)
	S1		S2		S3		Overall
	n	%	n	%	n	%	N	%
(1) It has strengthened my bonding with teachers, classmates, and my family	24,664	81.03	20,825	78.78	20,605	80.71	66,094	80.17
(2) It has strengthened my resilience in adverse conditions	25,200	82.87	21,329	80.69	20,963	82.13	67,492	81.90
(3) It has enhanced my social competence	25,833	85.00	21,681	82.15	21,390	83.86	68,904	83.67
(4) It has improved my ability in handling and expressing my emotions	25,569	84.14	21,567	81.69	21,260	83.37	68,396	83.07
(5) It has enhanced my cognitive competence	25,592	84.28	21,538	81.69	21,139	82.87	68,269	82.95
(6) My ability to resist harmful influences has been improved	26,187	86.22	22,190	84.03	21,647	84.88	70,024	85.04
(7) It has strengthened my ability to distinguish between the good and the bad	26,472	87.15	22,442	85.02	21,909	85.94	70,823	86.04
(8) It has increased my competence in making sensible and wise choices	26,289	86.54	22,137	83.86	21,685	85.04	70,111	85.15
(9) It has helped me to have life reflections	25,328	83.42	21,678	82.14	21,442	84.13	68,448	83.23
(10) It has reinforced my self-confidence.	25,057	82.50	20,920	79.25	20,552	80.64	66,529	80.80
(11) It has increased students’ self-awareness	25,465	83.87	21,382	81.08	21,051	82.60	67,898	82.52
(12) It has helped students to face the future with a positive attitude	25,749	84.82	21,675	82.16	21,423	84.14	68,847	83.71
(13) It has helped students to cultivate compassion and care about others	25,591	84.29	21,775	82.56	21,420	84.01	68,786	83.62
(14) It has encouraged students to care about the community	24,984	82.28	21,128	80.10	20,830	81.70	66,942	81.36
(15) It has promoted students’ sense of responsibility in serving the society	25,309	83.34	21,336	80.85	20,962	82.19	67,607	82.13
(16) It has enriched the overall development of the students	26,189	86.21	22,189	84.10	21,829	85.67	70,207	85.33

All items are on a 5-point Likert scale with 1: unhelpful; 2: not very helpful; 3: slightly helpful; 4: helpful; 5: very helpful. Only respondents with positive responses (options 3–5) are shown in the table. S1: Secondary 1 level; S2: Secondary 2 level; S3: Secondary 3 level.