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Sean C. Austin; Daniel Anderson; John R. Seeley; Shane McGovern – School Mental Health, 2025
Adolescent substance misuse is a persistent concern in the USA and student substance possession on campus presents as an increasing challenge for administrators. This study seeks to understand how students are differentially disciplined for substance possession based on substance type and student race/ethnicity in US schools. Based a national…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Discipline, Race, Ethnicity
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Cody W. Welty; Lindsay Bingham; Mario Morales; Lynn B. Gerald; Katherine D. Ellingson; Patricia L. Haynes – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: Suicide is a leading cause of death for adolescents, and school connectedness is a potential, modifiable protective factor for suicide. We sought to examine if school connectedness protected against suicide among high school students and if potential moderators affected the relationship between school connectedness and suicide.…
Descriptors: Student School Relationship, Suicide, High School Students, Prevention
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Alexandra C. Bammel; Kimberly A. Johnson; Roger H. Peters; Narina L. Nunez – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2025
Our study examined co-occurring substance use and major depressive disorders among justice-involved adolescents to inform behavioral health services planning within U.S. criminal justice systems. We used data from the 2015-2017 administrations of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey of non-institutionalized U.S.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Comorbidity, Substance Abuse
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Claudia Corpus-Espinosa; Isotta Mac Fadden; María del Carmen Torrejón-Guirado; Marta Lima-Serrano – Prevention Science, 2025
Adolescence is a critical period for developing risk behaviors such as substance use, which can impact health in adulthood. Culturally adapted evidence-based programs (EBPs) are promising for prevention. This review explores the processes for culturally adapting EBPs targeting alcohol, tobacco, or cannabis use, and/or anxiety or depression in…
Descriptors: Mental Health Programs, Substance Abuse, Prevention, Programs
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Ashley C. Helle; Cassandra L. Boness; Joan Masters; Kenneth J. Sher – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2024
Given the prevalence of alcohol and cannabis co-use among college students, prevention for co-use is crucial. We examined hypothetical receptiveness to substance-specific interventions among students who reported co-use. Students who use alcohol and cannabis were more receptive to alcohol interventions than cannabis interventions. Campus…
Descriptors: Drinking, Marijuana, College Students, Intervention
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Falcon, Ashley; Halstead, Valerie A.; McCabe, Brian E. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: To understand college students' experiences with substance use at electronic music events (EME), including harm-reduction strategies and receptivity to educational intervention. Participants: A purposeful sample of undergraduate students at a private Southeastern university was recruited from April 2019 to May 2019 using online…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Music, Music Activities, Undergraduate Students
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Seidman, Samuel; Connell, Arin; Stormshak, Elizabeth; Westling, Erika; Ha, Thao; Shaw, Daniel – Prevention Science, 2023
Maternal depression is a well-established risk factor for the development of depression in offspring. As such, reducing maternal depression may be key to effective prevention efforts to reduce offspring's depression. Based on the broad risk represented by maternal depression, examining cross-over effects of parent-focused interventions on maternal…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Mothers, Parent Influence, Prevention
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Michael J. Mann; Alfgeir L. Kristjansson; Megan L. Smith; Christa L. Lilly; Inibjorg E. Thrisdottir; Ashley Havlicak – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: The school climate concept has been promising, but has long-standing critiques that have not been adequately addressed to date. The "School as a Protective Factor" approach represents one attempt to offer a new approach that builds on and extends beyond the concept of school climate while addressing previously identified…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Social Environment, Academic Achievement, Well Being
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Verlumun Celestine Gever – Evaluation Review, 2025
This study examined the impact of ITV intervention on reduction in the propensity to abuse substances and engage in drug trafficking. The researcher conducted this study using an experiment of 517 vulnerable adolescents aged 10-19 years. The participants were randomly assigned to control (n = 258) and treatment (n = 259) groups. The researchers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Substance Abuse, Crime Prevention, Secondary School Students
Ryan, Liz – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2023
The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) invests in mentoring programs and services to help ensure positive outcomes for youth. Successful mentoring relationships have been shown to increase youth's self-esteem, improve academic achievement, and steer them away from delinquency, substance use, and other high-risk…
Descriptors: Mentors, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency Prevention, Federal Programs
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Alina I. Palimaru; Ryan A. Brown; Daniel L. Dickerson; David Kennedy; Carrie L. Johnson; Elizabeth J. D'Amico – Prevention Science, 2024
American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities are disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic. AI/AN emerging adults (ages 18-25) in urban areas are at particularly high risk, with the overdose death rate among urban-dwelling AI/AN people 1.4 times higher than rural-dwelling AI/AN people. Despite these challenges, there are no…
Descriptors: Young Adults, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Satisfaction
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Sunhye Bai; Gregory M. Fosco; Mark E. Feinberg; Richard L. Spoth – Prevention Science, 2025
Universal and selective preventive interventions targeting youth behavioral problems have shown crossover effects on suicide risk, the second leading cause of death among youth. However, the mechanisms that explain this long-term unanticipated benefit are understudied and unclear. The current study examines the crossover effects of PROSPER, a…
Descriptors: Prevention, Intervention, Grade 6, Adolescents
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Clary, Kelly Lynn; Reinhart, Crystal A.; Kim, Hyun Jung; Smith, Douglas Cary – Journal of School Health, 2021
Background: Epidemiological surveys are designed to collect representative trend data. School-based surveys are important to utilize so systems can effectively create prevention and intervention programs to alter youths' perceptions and behaviors related to substance use. However, there are many barriers when implementing a school-based survey.…
Descriptors: Recruitment, Student Surveys, Prevention, Intervention
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Madison E. Antunez; Monica Nandan; Stephen Z. Emmons – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2025
This article follows the early-stage planning, implementation, and evaluation of a university--school-based partnership (USBP) between a large Carnegie-designated doctoral research institution (R2) and local high schools in Georgia. The purpose of the partnership was to implement suicide and substance use prevention efforts over 3 years. USBPs are…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Partnerships in Education, High Schools, Suicide
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Samantha Matthews; Tara Laila Blagg; Nastassia Reed; Alexandra Mendoza-Graf; Aarya Suryavanshi; Susan Turner; Laura Whitaker; Stephanie Brooks Holliday – RAND Corporation, 2025
California's Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) funds the implementation of programs for justice system--involved or at-promise youth (i.e., youth who are at risk of becoming involved in the justice system). In this report, the authors evaluated the implementation of programs run by three Los Angeles (L.A.) County agencies that receive…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Juvenile Justice, Delinquency, State Legislation
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