Abstract: Practical and methodological challenges in conducting research on community-based interventions for adolescent problems are described. First, a conceptual framework for the development of community-based interventions is provided, with an emphasis on the ecological and commonweal advantages of such interventions.
Abstract: This article advances our understanding of factors associated with patterns and consequences of early alcohol involvement among Latino teens, with an emphasis on how nativity may influence longitudinal relations among variables including acculturation, familism, and alcohol involvement.
No researchgate link – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J029v09n04_01
Abstract: Introduces a series of articles on nicotine addiction among adolescents.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233067432_Smoking_Among_Teenage_Girls
Abstract: The current paper reviews the existing literature about smoking among teenage girls. We begin with a summary of recent epidemiological data concerning gender differences in the rates of various smoking behaviors among adolescents.
Abstract: The stress-coping model of addiction posits that stress-coping and temptation-coping skills each make an independent contribution to the likelihood of substance use. Despite the popularity of this model, this proposition has never been examined empirically.
Abstract: The present study had two primary objectives: (1) to examine differences in adolescent coping with temptations to use alcohol versus temptations for marijuana and/or other drug use and (2) to replicate and extend previous findings regarding the factor structure and psychometric validity of the Temptation Coping Questionnaire (TCQ).
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