Adolescent: provider connectedness and STI risk reduction following a brief alcohol intervention: findings from a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Given the frequent co-occurrence between alcohol use and sexual behavior among adolescents, alcohol interventions may play a role in helping prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in this age group. Psychotherapy "common factors" are one potential active ingredient in intervention efficacy. Thus, the purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of a critical common factor, adolescent: provider connectedness, on STI risk reduction at 3 months post-intervention.

Methods

Community-based youth (N = 168) were randomized to two 60-min individual sessions of either motivational interviewing (MI) or brief adolescent mindfulness (BAM). Logistic regressions predicted post-intervention positive STI from adolescent: provider connectedness, intervention co

SUBMITTER: Dash GF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10399588 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature