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Culturally sensitive substance abuse intervention for Hispanic and African American adolescents: Empirical examples from the Alcohol Treatment Targeting Adolescents in Need (ATTAIN) project
Abstract: This study presents preliminary analyses examining the effects of an alcohol and other drug use (AOD) intervention with minority juvenile offenders. Furthermore, the study investigates the impact of cultural factors on baseline AOD use among Hispanic and African American youth, as well as on treatment outcome.
December 10, 2004
Associations between early-adolescent substance use and subsequent young-adult substance use disorders among a multiethnic male sample in South Florida
Abstract: We examined the associations among early-adolescent substance use, subsequent young-adult substance use disorders, and psychiatric disorders among a community sample of males. Early-adolescent data were collected in classroom surveys (1990-1993), and young-adult data were collected in face-to-face interviews (1998-2000).
October 10, 2004
Abuse experiences in a community sample of young adults: Relations with psychiatric disorders, sexual risk behaviors, and sexually transmitted diseases
Abstract: This study documents significant associations among lifetime abuse experiences, psychiatric diagnoses, and sexual risk behaviors in a multiethnic community sample of young men and women (N = 1803) in South Florida.
Co-occurring substance use and delinquent behavior during early adolescence: Emerging relations and implications for intervention strategies
Abstract: Self-reported substance use and delinquent behavior were assessed yearly, 3 times beginning in the sixth or seventh grade, for a multiethnic sample of middle school students (n= 5,045). Both substance use and delinquent behavior became more prevalent across early adolescence, but only a small fraction of adolescents were using illicit substances at the end of the study.
August 10, 2004
Introduction – Special series, current perspectives on implicit cognitive processing in clinical disorders: Implications for assessment and intervention
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257484962_Introduction
Abstract: This special series presents six different articles addressing the roles of implicit cognition and automatic processing in the treatment of psychopathology. Although each article addresses a very different clinical population, the articles all offer concrete examples of how the study of implicit cognition may enhance real-world clinical assessment and treatment.
May 10, 2004
Tobacco Use Prevention Education (TUPE) programs in the State of Florida: Correlates and predictors of teachers’ perceptions of program effectiveness
Abstract: In Florida, data from telephone surveys were used to identify correlates and predictors of teachers’ perceptions of the effectiveness of tobacco use prevention education (TUPE) prior to the implementation of the Tobacco Pilot Project (TPP).
February 10, 2004
Patterns of sexual risk behaviors and psychiatric disorders in a community sample of young adults
Abstract: This cross-sectional study documents significant associations between patterns of sexual risk behaviors and psychiatric diagnoses in a multiethnic community sample of young adults (N = 1803) in South Florida. Self-report data regarding sexual behavior and psychiatric symptoms were collected in structured interviews in a follow-up of an earlier school-based study.
November 10, 2003
Conceptualizing alcohol treatment research for Hispanic/Latino adolescents
Abstract: This paper briefly reviews the Community-Based Intervention Research Group’s ongoing efforts in conceptualizing alcohol treatment research for Hispanic/Latino adolescents. I begin by defining Empirically Supported Therapies (ESTs), Developmentally Sensitive Therapies (DSTs), and Culturally Sensitive Therapies (DSTs).
September 10, 2003
The effects of assessment feedback on rapport-building and self-enhancement processes
Abstract: An experiment was conducted to test the effects of assessment feedback on rapport and self-enhancement. After adult participants (N = 83) completed the Millon Index of Personality Styles, the experimental group was given personalized assessment feedback; the control group received only general information about the inventory.
July 10, 2003
Harm reduction: A social work practice model and social justice agenda
Abstract: Efforts in the United States to eradicate drug use through supply reduction (that is, the War on Drugs) have increasingly violated the principles of social justice and human rights, both locally and globally.
June 10, 2003
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