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Becker, Sara J.; Curry, John F. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2008
Previous reviews of outpatient interventions for adolescent substance abuse have been limited in the extent to which they considered the methodological quality of individual studies. The authors assessed 31 randomized trials of outpatient interventions for adolescent substance abuse on 14 attributes of trial quality. A quality of evidence score…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Dropouts, Family Counseling, Therapy
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Rooke, Sally E.; Malouff, John M. – Behavior Therapy, 2006
The aim of this study was to test a method of increasing adherence to a coping method assignment in individuals interested in reducing stress. Eighty university students and 48 adult nonstudents were asked to write about their emotions for 15 minutes per day over 3 days. Participants were randomly assigned to experimental or control conditions,…
Descriptors: Intervention, Coping, Reinforcement, Writing Instruction
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Curry, John F.; Wells, Karen C. – Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2005
The Treatment for Adolescents With Depression Study (TADS) was designed to compare the relative and combined effectiveness of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and fluoxetine, each of which had demonstrated efficacy in carefully controlled single-site studies. Models of CBT from these efficacy studies served as the foundation for the TADS…
Descriptors: Intervention, Feasibility Studies, Behavior Modification, Program Effectiveness