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Andreas V. Klein; Lukas Roediger; Antonia Bendau; Leonard Viohl; Felicitas Ernst; Jonas Helbig; Franziska Kühne; Moritz Bruno Petzold; Felix Betzler – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: Problem-drinking among university students is common and poses serious health-related risks. Therefore, identifying and addressing associated factors is important. Participants and methods: A large cross-sectional online-survey with 12,914 university students from Berlin was conducted from November 2016 to August 2017. Relative-risk-…
Descriptors: Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Student Surveys, Student Attitudes
Joshua C. Burton – ProQuest LLC, 2020
Despite current trend analyses highlighting declining alcohol use in college students, this population remains at significant risk for alcohol's negative consequences. Though efforts to address these problems are not in short supply, research dedicated to this field has reported mild to moderate effects that decay over time. One method is to…
Descriptors: Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Intervention, Behavior Problems
Richard A. Miech; Lloyd D. Johnston; Megan E. Patrick; Patrick M. O’Malley – Institute for Social Research, 2024
Monitoring the Future (MTF) is designed to give such attention to substance use among the nation's youth and adults. It is an investigator-initiated study that originated with, and is conducted by, teams of research professors at the University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research. MTF contains ongoing national surveys of both adolescents…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Secondary School Students, Intervention, Drug Use
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Marotta, Phillip L.; Tolou-Shams, Marina; Cunningham-Williams, Renee M.; Washington, Durrell Malik, Sr.; Voisin, Dexter – Youth & Society, 2022
The following study examined the association between race, ethnicity, referral source, and reasons for attrition from substance use treatment in a sample of 72,643 discharges of adolescent youth in the United States from 2014 to 2016. Black and Hispanic adolescents were more likely to be discharged due to incarceration and termination by the…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Intervention
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Wagner, Bree; Cross, Donna; Adams, Emma; Symons, Martyn; Mazzucchelli, Trevor G.; Watkins, Rochelle; Wright, Edie; Latimer, Jane; Carapetis, Jonathan; Boulton, John; Fitzpatrick, James P. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2020
Studies in north-western Australia Aboriginal communities identified executive functioning and behavioural regulation as significant issues for children. Exposure to alcohol prenatally and adverse childhood experiences are known risk factors for impaired self-regulation and executive function, these risk factors being present in remote…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Indigenous Populations, Self Control, Executive Function
Antonio A. Morgan-López; Catherine P. Bradshaw; Rashelle J. Musci – Grantee Submission, 2023
This paper serves as an introduction to the special issue of Prevention Science entitled, "Innovations and Applications of Integrative Data Analysis (IDA) and Related Data Harmonization Procedures in Prevention Science." This special issue includes a collection of original papers from multiple disciplines that apply individual-level data…
Descriptors: Prevention, Depression (Psychology), Intervention, Innovation
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Vist, Natalya V. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
This article focuses on such a highly relevant subject as the prevention and correction of deviant behavior in the adolescent environment. The study revealed the main vectors for the development of the modern science of deviant behavior, identified the main causes of deviations and carried out a comparative analysis of the work on the prevention…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Prevention, Intervention
Steven Lee Proctor – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Alcohol use and alcohol-related problems remain serious public health and safety concerns on United States college campuses. Considerable research has amassed to support the efficacy of the "Alcohol Skills Training Program" (ASTP), most notably the "Brief Assessment and Screening Intervention for College Students," in reducing…
Descriptors: Drinking, Alcohol Abuse, Intervention, Journal Writing
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Windle, Michael; Haardörfer, Regine; Getachew, Beth; Shah, Jean; Payne, Jackie; Pillai, Dina; Berg, Carla J. – Journal of American College Health, 2018
Objective: This study investigated associations between adverse childhood experiences (ACE) prior to age 18 years and multiple health behaviors (eg, cigarette and other substance use) and outcomes (eg, obesity, depression) for a large college sample. Participants: 2,969 college students from seven universities in the state of Georgia were included…
Descriptors: College Students, Early Experience, Multivariate Analysis, Student Surveys
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Jonkman, Harrie; Aussems, Claire; Steketee, Majone; Boutellier, Hans; Cuijpers, Pim – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2015
This study examines whether the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention system influences targeted risk and protective factors and the subsequent development of problem behaviour among adolescents (12-18 years) in the Netherlands. In this quasi-experimental study of ten communities (five experimental, five control), adolescent outcomes were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Behavior Problems, Prevention, Adolescents
Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention, 2011
"High-Risk Drinking in College: What We Know and What We Need To Learn: Final Report of the Panel on Contexts and Consequences" (2002), a report from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's (NIAAA) Task Force on College Drinking, points out that "federal, state, and local laws help define college administrators' responsibilities…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Sanctions, Narcotics, School Policy
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Shah, Ameet Arvind; Bazargan-Hejazi, Shahrzad; Lindstrom, Richard W.; Wolf, Kenneth E. – Substance Abuse, 2009
As limited research exists on medical students' substance use patterns, including over-consumption of alcohol, the objective of this study was to determine prevalence and correlates of at-risk drinking among a national sample of medical students, using a cross-sectional, anonymous, Web-based survey. A total of 2710 medical students from 36 U.S.…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Schools, Incidence, Drinking
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Watson, Silvana M. R.; Westby, Carol E.; Gable, Robert A. – Preventing School Failure, 2007
In this article, the authors review learning and behavioral problems of children exposed prenatally to alcohol and other drugs, focusing on executive-function deficits such as difficulty shifting tasks, maintaining attention, and manipulating information in working memory. They discuss various risk factors associated with prenatal drug exposure so…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Risk, Memory, Prenatal Influences
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Olson, Heather Carmichael; Oti, Rosalind; Gelo, Julie; Beck, Sharon – Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2009
Information about "family matters" is vital to developing targeted interventions, reducing placement disruption, and enhancing outcome in fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD). The quality of the caregiving environment and family function are associated with long-term outcome in natural history study of individuals with FASD. This article…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Developmental Disabilities, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Alcohol Abuse
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Green, Jennifer H. – Journal of School Health, 2007
Background: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) affect a significant number of children in this country. This article addresses diagnostic issues related to fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and other alcohol-related disabilities, discusses associated features and behaviors of FASD, and introduces interventions to support children with FASD in…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Congenital Impairments, Clinical Diagnosis, Alcohol Abuse
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