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Weichold, Karina; Tomasik, Martin J.; Silbereisen, Rainer K.; Spaeth, Michael – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2016
In this study, the effectiveness of a life skills program to impede tobacco use in early adolescence was scrutinized. The focus was on the mediating role of yielding to peer pressure. The universal school-based life skills program IPSY (Information + Psychosocial Competence = Protection) against adolescent substance use was implemented over 3…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Program Effectiveness, Adolescent Attitudes, Prevention
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Monshouwer, Karin; Kepper, Annelies; van den Eijnden, Regina; Koning, Ina; Vollebergh, Wilma – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: Several studies have shown that substance use levels among adolescents living in residential youth care are high. However, it is not clear to what extent adolescents initiate (heavy) substance during their stay and to what extent these rates are higher than would be expected based on their risk profile. Objective: The aim of the…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Adolescent Attitudes, Residential Programs, Residential Care
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Dielman, T. E. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1994
Reviews school-based approaches to prevention of adolescent alcohol use and abuse undertaken in the 1950s through the 1970s and discusses problems associated with such studies, remedies to these problems, and current school-based approaches. Also discusses the Alcohol Misuse Prevention Study, a longitudinal intervention undertaken in the 1980s to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Alcohol Abuse, Drinking