Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 2 |
Descriptor
| Predictor Variables | 6 |
| Prevention | 6 |
| At Risk Persons | 3 |
| Children | 2 |
| Drinking | 2 |
| Research Problems | 2 |
| Substance Abuse | 2 |
| Adolescent Attitudes | 1 |
| Adolescents | 1 |
| African Americans | 1 |
| Alcohol Education | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Author
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Journal Articles | 3 |
| Information Analyses | 2 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 2 |
Education Level
Audience
| Researchers | 6 |
| Practitioners | 3 |
| Policymakers | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Direct linkGiles, Steven; Jackson-Newsom, Julia; Pankratz, Melinda M.; Hansen, William B.; Ringwalt, Christopher L.; Dusenbury, Linda – Journal of Primary Prevention, 2008
The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an observation measure designed to capture teachers' use of interactive teaching skills within the delivery of the All Stars substance use prevention program. Coders counted the number of times teachers praised and encouraged students, accepted and used students' ideas, asked questions,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Prevention, Teaching Skills, Teaching Methods
Dallaire, Danielle H.; Cole, David A.; Smith, Thomas M.; Ciesla, Jeffrey A.; LaGrange, Beth; Jacquez, Farrah M.; Pineda, Ashley Q.; Truss, Alanna E.; Folmer, Amy S. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2008
Community, demographic, familial, and personal risk factors of childhood depressive symptoms were examined from an ecological theoretical approach using hierarchical linear modeling. Individual-level data were collected from an ethnically diverse (73% African-American) community sample of 197 children and their parents; community-level data were…
Descriptors: Unemployment, Neighborhoods, Poverty, Prevention
Miller, Michael D. – 1984
Obesity in children is a problem both insidious and acute. Childhood obesity has been indicated as a forerunner of adult obesity; it is also an immediate problem for the child. Given the lack of evidence for long term maintenance of any weight loss, this paper investigates the etiology of the disorder as a prelude to prevention. Upon review of the…
Descriptors: Children, Etiology, Literature Reviews, Obesity
Download full textGreenfield, Thomas K.; Duncan, Gregory M. – 1984
Self-selection bias poses a major threat to the validity of research findings in naturalistic, quasi-experimental, or single-group designs. A new method of addressing self-selection bias in naturalistic evaluations of prevention programs was implemented. The study, involving voluntary exposure to multicomponent interventions, was developed and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, College Students, Drinking, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHurford, David P.; And Others – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1994
Assessment of 486 first-quarter first graders identified 99 children as being at risk for reading difficulties, half of whom then received a phonological processing intervention. Results support the early identification of children at risk for reading difficulties and the effectiveness of the phonological processing intervention. (DB)
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Beginning Reading, Early Identification, Early Intervention
Columbia Univ., New York, NY. National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. – 2003
This report presents a comprehensive analysis of the reasons why girls and young women smoke, drink and use drugs, and what increases or lowers their risk of substance abuse. It demonstrates that certain key risk factors for substance abuse are unique to girls and young women and pose a greater threat to them than to boys and young men. This…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Drinking
