Effectiveness of a Universal Drug Abuse Prevention Approach for Youth at High Risk for Substance Use Initiation

Griffin, Kenneth W.; Botvin, Gilbert J.; Nichols, Tracy R.; Doyle, Margaret

doi:10.1006/pmed.2002.1133

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“…An example of this is the Life Skills Training Program which found that adolescents at high risk for substance initiation (i.e. due to peer substance use behaviors) who received drug resistance and social skills training were significantly less likely to smoke, drink, use inhalants or use multiple substances (Griffin et al, 2003). However, frequency of cannabis use did not decrease significantly in the intervention versus control groups in this study.…”

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Correlates of cannabis initiation in a longitudinal sample of young women: The importance of peer influences

Agrawal

Lynskey

Bucholz

et al. 2007

Preventive Medicine

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Objective-Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug in developed nations. In adolescent girls especially, rates of cannabis use have increased over the last decade, urging the need to characterize the potential correlates of onset of cannabis use during emerging adulthood.Method-Using data from 1,065 females (collected 1994-2005) who participated in both the baseline and follow-up wave of interviews of the Missouri Adolescent Female Twin Study, we examined the associations between correlates from the peer, parental and individual domains and new onsets of cannabis use, using logistic regression.Results-Univariate models revealed that initiation of cannabis use was associated with alcohol and cigarette use at baseline, peer attitude towards alcohol/cigarette/cannabis use, peer substance use and other aspects of impulse-disinhibited behavior. However, multivariate stepwise modeling retained only the significant influences of alcohol use at baseline and peer attitudes towards cannabis as correlates of cannabis initiation.Conclusion-Having peers with favorable attitudes towards alcohol, cigarette and cannabis use is an important correlate of initiation of cannabis use in women. Prevention and intervention efforts need to take this into account when developing drug resistance training programs for adolescents.

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confidence: 61%

Correlates of cannabis initiation in a longitudinal sample of young women: The importance of peer influences

Agrawal

Lynskey

Bucholz

et al. 2007

Preventive Medicine

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“…First, analyses were conducted on a small sample of male adolescents, predominantly African Americans, from low-income and working-class neighborhoods in Baltimore. Thus, findings may not be generalizable to other populations, although these demographics describe many populations that are often the target of universal prevention programs (e.g., Griffin et al, 2003). Second, negative and traumatic events were given equal weight in the analyses despite potential differences in severity; however, studies of life event measures have found that simple counts of negative events are as reliable as weighted counts in predicting psychopathology (Herbert & Sheldon, 1996).…”

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Mediators of the Stress–Substance–Use Relationship in Urban Male Adolescents

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Exposure to chronic or severe acute stressors throughout the lifespan has been linked with numerous negative behavioral, emotional, cognitive, and physical consequences. Adolescence is considered to be a particularly vulnerable period given that the brain is experiencing dramatic developmental change during this time. The present study examined a sample of adolescents (N = 125) considered to be at high risk for stress exposures and drug use by virtue of their environment and low income levels to identify possible neurocognitive (i.e., impulsivity, delay of gratification, emotional perception, and risky decision-making) and social competency mechanisms that may mediate this relationship. Using Mplus, a mediational model was tested using full information maximum likelihood estimates. Risky decision-making and poor social competency skills were related to previous stressful experiences; however, only social competencies mediated the effect of stressors on reports of past year marijuana, alcohol, and polydrug use. As such, stress appears to exert its negative impact through alterations in abilities to generate and execute prosocial decisions and behaviors. Interventions that directly address the effects of stress on social competencies may be especially important for children who have experienced adversity including those exposed to parental divorce, parental psychopathology, neglect or abuse, parental death, and poverty.

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“…Also, the present study extends previous work by investigating intervention effects on a range of more problematic or advanced levels of substance involvement. Based on earlier findings from the current study, and on reports of the tested interventions from other studies (e.g., Griffin et al, 2003;Spoth et al, 2001), it was hypothesized that students in both the intervention conditions would demonstrate significantly less substance use than those in the control condition.…”

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Substance use outcomes 5½ years past baseline for partnership-based, family-school preventive interventions

Spoth

Randall

Trudeau

et al. 2008

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

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This article reports adolescent substance use outcomes of universal family and school preventive interventions 5½ years past baseline. Participants were 1677 7th grade students from schools (N = 36) randomly assigned to the school-based Life Skills Training plus the Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14 (LST + SFP 10-14), LST-alone, or a control condition. Selfreports were collected at baseline, 6 months later following the interventions, then yearly through the 12th grade. Measures included initiation-alcohol, cigarette, marijuana, and drunkenness, along with a Substance Initiation Index (SII)-and measures of more serious use-frequency of alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use, drunkenness frequency, monthly poly-substance use, and advanced poly-substance use. Analyses ruled out differential attrition. For all substance initiation outcomes, one or both intervention groups showed significant, positive point-in-time differences at 12th grade and/or significant growth trajectory outcomes when compared with the control group. Although no main effects for the more serious substance use outcomes were observed, a higher-risk subsample demonstrated significant, positive 12th grade point-in-time and/or growth trajectory outcomes for one or both intervention groups on all measures. The observed pattern of results likely reflects a combination of predispositions of the higher-risk subsample, the timing of the interventions, and baseline differences between experimental conditions favoring the control group.

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Effectiveness of a Universal Drug Abuse Prevention Approach for Youth at High Risk for Substance Use Initiation

Cited by 161 publications

References 30 publications

Correlates of cannabis initiation in a longitudinal sample of young women: The importance of peer influences

Correlates of cannabis initiation in a longitudinal sample of young women: The importance of peer influences

Mediators of the Stress–Substance–Use Relationship in Urban Male Adolescents

Substance use outcomes 5½ years past baseline for partnership-based, family-school preventive interventions

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