Replicating and extending a model of effects of universal preventive intervention during early adolescence on young adult substance misuse.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This brief report summarizes a replication and extension of a developmental outcome modeling study, by examining whether delayed substance initiation during adolescence, resulting from universal middle school preventive interventions, reduces problematic use in young adults Ages 25 and 27, up to 14.5 years after baseline.

Method

Participants were middle school students from 36 Iowa schools randomly assigned to the Strengthening Families Program plus Life Skills Training (SFP 10-14 + LST), LST-only, or a control condition. Self-report questionnaires originally were collected at 11 time points, through Age 22. A subsequent grant allowed for assessments at Ages 25 and 27, including measures of drunkenness, alcohol-related problems, cigarette use, illicit drug use (lif

SUBMITTER: Spoth R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5036990 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature