Randomized trial of a broad preventive intervention for Mexican American adolescents.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This randomized trial of a family-focused preventive intervention for Mexican American (MA) adolescents evaluated intervention effects on adolescent substance use, internalizing and externalizing symptoms, and school discipline and grade records in 8th grade, 1 year after completion of the intervention. The study also examined hypothesized mediators and moderators of intervention effects.

Method

Stratified by language of program delivery (English vs. Spanish), the trial included a sample of 516 MA adolescents (50.8% female; M = 12.3 years, SD = 0.54) and at least one caregiver that were randomized to receive a low-dosage control group workshop or the 9-week group intervention that included parenting, adolescent coping, and conjoint family sessions.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Gonzales NA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3355517 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature