Brief Intervention Impact on Truant Youths' Marijuana Use: Eighteen-Month Follow-Up

Dembo, Richard; Briones-Robinson, Rhissa; Schmeidler, James; Wareham, Jennifer; Ungaro, Rocío; Winters, Ken C.; Karas, Lora; Wothke, Werner; Belenko, Steven

doi:10.1080/1067828x.2013.872068

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“…In addition, specific comparisons were made between service conditions: (1) BI-Y vs STS, (2) BI-YP vs STS, and (3) BI-Y vs BI-YP. Tests of the efficacy of the BI treatment, particularly the BI-Y treatment, to reduce marijuana use among the present sample of truant youth have yielded significant effects (Dembo et al, accepted with minor revisions). These effects appear to be delayed with the BI reducing substance use in the 18-month follow-up, but not significantly affecting marijuana use during the 3-month to 12-month follow-up periods.…”

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A Longitudinal Study of Truant Youths' Involvement in Sexual Risk Behavior

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Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse

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A Longitudinal Study of Truant Youths' Involvement in Sexual Risk Behavior

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Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse

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“…Regular class attendance is a key factor for better academic results (Yahaya et al, 2010; Thornton et al, 2013), development of social skills and conflict-resolution strategies (Kearney and Graczyk, 2014), and prevention of substance use and behavioral problems in youth (Maynard et al, 2012; Guller et al, 2015; Dembo et al, 2016; Thrul et al, 2016). School refusal, however, affects as many as 28–35% of students if the causal heterogeneity behind this behavior is considered (e.g., anxiety, pursuit of other interests outside of school hours; Mihalas, 2014).…”

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School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Factorial Invariance and Latent Means Differences across Gender and Age in Spanish Children

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The aim of this study was to analyze the factorial invariance and latent means differences of the Spanish version of the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised for Children (SRAS-R-C) in a sample of 1,078 students (50.8% boys) aged 8–11 years (M = 9.63, SD = 1.12). The results revealed that the proposed model in this study, with a structure of 18 items divided into four factors (Negative Affective, Social Aversion and/or Evaluation, To Pursue Attention and Tangible Reinforcements), was the best-fit model with a tetra-factorial structure, remaining invariant across gender and age. Analysis of latent means differences indicated that boys and 11-year-old students scored highest on the Tangible Reinforcements subscale compared with their 8- and 9-year-old peers. On the contrary, for the subscales of Social Aversion and/or Evaluation and to Pursue Attention, the differences were significant and higher in younger age groups compared to 11-year-olds. Appropriate indexes of reliability were obtained for SRAS-R-C subscales (0.70, 0.79, 0.87, and 0.72). Finally, the founded correlation coefficients of scores of the SRAS-R-C revealed a predictable pattern between school refusal and positive/negative affect and optimism/pessimism.

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“…Participants were involved in a NIDA-funded, prospective longitudinal intervention for truant youth involved in substance use, known as the Brief Intervention (BI) project (see Dembo, Briones-Robinson, Schmeidler, et al, in press). The BI was adapted from previous work using brief intervention on drug-abusing youth (Winters & Leitten, 2007) and designed to promote abstinence and prevent relapse among drug-using adolescents.…”

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confidence: 99%