Abstract

The prevalence of problem behaviors increases dramatically during adolescence. Problem behaviors such as school misconduct, underachievement, and dropout; tobacco, alcohol, and other drug use; violence and delinquency place youth at an increased risk for school failure, involvement in the criminal justice system, and chronic substance abuse. This study is an efficacy trial of school-based interventions designed to reduce the prevalence of problem behavior among middle school students. By 7th grade, students in schools that received the social skills curriculum and parent intervention were less likely to smoke or engage in other problem behaviors and reported greater parental involvement and higher achievement motivation than students in the control schools.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Intramural Research (Z01)
Project #
1Z01HD002110-09
Application #
6432587
Study Section
(PRB)
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
2000
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
U.S. National Inst/Child Hlth/Human Dev
Department
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State
Country
United States
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  Publications

Simons-Morton, Bruce; Chen, Rusan (2009) Peer and Parent Influences on School Engagement Among Early Adolescents. Youth Soc 41:3-25
Abroms, Lorien C; Windsor, Richard; Simons-Morton, Bruce (2008) Getting young adults to quit smoking: a formative evaluation of the X-Pack Program. Nicotine Tob Res 10:27-33
Cheng, Tina L; Haynie, Denise; Brenner, Ruth et al. (2008) Effectiveness of a mentor-implemented, violence prevention intervention for assault-injured youths presenting to the emergency department: results of a randomized trial. Pediatrics 122:938-46
Ando, Mikayo; Asakura, Takashi; Ando, Shinichiro et al. (2007) Psychosocial factors associated with smoking and drinking among Japanese early adolescent boys and girls: Cross-sectional study. Biopsychosoc Med 1:13
Johnson, Sara B; Bradshaw, Catherine P; Wright, Joseph L et al. (2007) Characterizing the teachable moment: is an emergency department visit a teachable moment for intervention among assault-injured youth and their parents? Pediatr Emerg Care 23:553-9
Copeland-Linder, Nikeea; Jones, Vanya C; Haynie, Denise L et al. (2007) Factors associated with retaliatory attitudes among African American adolescents who have been assaulted. J Pediatr Psychol 32:760-70
Simons-Morton, Bruce; Chen, Rusan (2005) Latent growth curve analyses of parent influences on drinking progression among early adolescents. J Stud Alcohol 66:5-13
Simons-Morton, Bruce; Haynie, Denise; Saylor, Keith et al. (2005) Impact analysis and mediation of outcomes: the Going Places program. Health Educ Behav 32:227-41
Simons-Morton, Bruce; Haynie, Denise; Saylor, Keith et al. (2005) The effects of the going places program on early adolescent substance use and antisocial behavior. Prev Sci 6:187-97
Abroms, Lorien; Simons-Morton, Bruce; Haynie, Denise L et al. (2005) Psychosocial predictors of smoking trajectories during middle and high school. Addiction 100:852-61

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