Parent Smart: Effects of a Technology-Assisted Intervention for Parents of Adolescents in Residential Substance Use Treatment on Parental Monitoring and Communication

ABSTRACT: Promoting parent involvement in adolescent residential substance use treatment is an evidence-based principle, yet engaging parents is challenging. Parent SMART (Substance Misuse among Adolescents in Residential Treatment) is a technology-assisted intervention that was designed to engage parents of adolescents in residential SU treatment during the post-discharge transition period. A prior pilot randomized controlled trial (n=61 parent-adolescent dyads) established Parent SMART’s feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness in reducing adolescent substance use and substance-related problems across both a short- (i.e., acute stay) and long- (i.e., residential) term care facility. The current secondary analysis extends this prior work by examining whether Parent SMART was associ

SUBMITTER: Becker S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8791644 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature