Relationship enhancement versus a traditional approach to therapeutic/preventative/enrichment parent-adolescent programs.

A developmental cascade model from functioning in adolescence to emerging adulthood was tested using data from a 15-year longitudinal follow-up of 240 emerging adults whose families participated in a randomized, experimental trial of a preventive program for divorced families. Families participated in the program or literature control condition when the offspring were ages 9 – 12. Short-term follow-ups were conducted 3 months and 6 months following completion of the program when the offspring were in middle to late adolescence. Long-term follow-ups were conducted 6 years and 15 years after program completion when the offspring were in emerging adulthood. It was hypothesized that the impact of the program on mental health and substance use outcomes in emerging adulthood would be explained by developmental cascade effects of program effects in adolescence. The results provided support for a cascade effects model. Specifically, academic competence in adolescence had spillover effects on internalizing problems and externalizing problems in emerging adulthood. Also, adaptive coping in adolescence was significantly, negatively related to binge drinking. Unexpectedly, internalizing symptoms in adolescence were significantly negatively related to marijuana use and alcohol use. Gender differences occurred in the links between mental health and substance use outcomes in adolescence and mental health and substance use outcomes in emerging adulthood.

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Relationship enhancement versus a traditional approach to therapeutic/preventative/enrichment parent-adolescent programs.

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