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Patterns of depressive symptoms, drinking motives, and sexual behavior among substance using adolescents: Implications for health risk
Abstract: Adolescents with substance use problems were classified into four distinct and meaningful subgroups based on patterns of depressive symptoms and motives for drinking before sex (i.e., avoidance, enhancement and social motives) using cluster analysis.
January 10, 2003
Brief motivational intervention for substance-abusing delinquent adolescents: Guided Self-Change as a social work practice innovation
Abstract: The article presents information on brief motivational intervention for substance-abusing delinquent adolescents. Multiple processes influence adolescent substance abuse and delinquency contributing to their acceleration and increased risk of a broad range of associated problem behaviors
September 10, 2002
Understanding and treating juvenile offenders: A review of current knowledge and future directions
Abstract: Juvenile delinquency is one of our most pressing social problems, with negative emotional, physical, and economic effects felt throughout society. Considering the prevalence, stability, and detrimental impact of juvenile offending, the development of effective treatments is of utmost importance.
March 10, 2002
Amenability and implementation in secondary school antitobacco programs
Abstract: To describe relationships between teachers’ amenability to implement antitobacco programs and features of implementation settings. A telephone random survey was administered to middle school and high school teachers in Florida.
January 10, 2002
Substance abuse interventions with Latino adolescents: A cultural framework
Abstract: This chapter presents a cultural framework for the development of effective substance abuse interventions for Latino youth. The conceptual background and rationale for interventions with Latino youth are presented, and cultural factors relevant to the implementation of interventions are discussed.
December 10, 2001
Coerced sexual experiences among adolescent substance abusers: A potential pathway to increased vulnerability to HIV exposure
Abstract: This study describes the forced sexual experiences, serious internalizing problems, risky sexual behavior, and alcohol-related correlates of risky sexual behavior of 120 substance abusing adolescents and young adults (87 men, 33 women; mean age = 17.2 years) undergoing treatment.
August 10, 2001
The relationship between thought suppression and smoking cessation
Abstract: Intrusive thoughts (e.g., anxiety, depression, substance use) are among the most salient symptoms of clinical problems. Therefore, methods of thought suppression have received considerable attention. However, some studies have found that attempts to suppress thoughts precipitate an increase in thoughts.
July 10, 2001
Book review: Alcohol use among adolescents
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/276615030_BOOK_REVIEW–Alcohol_Use_Among_Adolescents
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January 10, 2001
Practical and methodological challenges in validating community-based interventions
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.
October 10, 2000
Acculturation, familism, and alcohol use among Latino adolescent males: Longitudinal relations
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.
July 10, 2000
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