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Disorders - Substance Use Disorders
Hansen, W. B., Johnson, C. A., Flay, B. R., Graham, J. W., Sobel,
J.
Two drug abuse prevention curricula were tested to determine their efficacy in preventing the onset of tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana
use among adolescents. The first program focused on prevention through social pressure resistance training. The second featured affective education
approaches to prevention. Curricula were tested on seventh grade students. Subjects were pretested just prior to the program and were post-tested at
12 and 24 months. Post-test analyses indicated that the social program delivered to seventh grade subjects was effective in delaying the onset of
tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana use. No preventive effect of the affective education program was observed. By the final post-test, classrooms that
had received the affective program had significantly more drug use than controls.
Preventive Medicine, 17(2) : 135-54
- Year: 1988
- Problem: Substance Use Disorders (any)
- Type: Randomised controlled trials
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Stage: Universal prevention
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Treatment and intervention: Psychological Interventions
(any), Psychoeducation, Skills training
Szapocznik, J., Kurtines, W. M., Foote, F., Perez-Vidal, A., Hervis, O.
This report presents
additional data for the effectiveness of conducting family therapy through one\rperson. Data are presented on 35 Hispanic families. Results are
reported separately for pre-post and\rpre-post versus follow-up. The findings provide further evidence for the effectiveness of one-person\rfamily
therapy and also further clarify previously reported results.
Journal of Consulting &
Clinical Psychology, 54(3) : 395-7
- Year: 1986
- Problem: Substance Use Disorders (any)
- Type: Randomised controlled trials
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Stage: Universal prevention
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Treatment and intervention: Psychological Interventions
(any), Family therapy
Tobler, Nancy S.
Conducted a meta-analysis of the
outcome results for 143 adolescent drug prevention programs to identify the most effective program modalities for reducing teenage drug use. Five
major modalities were identified and their effect sizes computed for 5 outcomes: knowledge, attitudes, use, skills, and behavior measures. The
magnitude of the effect size depended on the outcome measure employed and the rigor of the experimental design. On the ultimate criteria of drug use,
peer programs were significantly different from the combined results of all remaining programs. Peer programs maintained high effect size for
alcohol, soft drugs, and hard drugs, as well as for cigarette use. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved).
Journal of Drug Issues, 16(4) : 537-567
- Year: 1986
- Problem: Substance Use Disorders (any)
- Type: Systematic reviews
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Stage: Universal prevention
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Treatment and intervention: Psychological Interventions
(any)
Horan, John J., Williams, John
M.
Hypothesized that junior high school students exposed to an assertion training program would display more
assertive confidence and less willingness to consume drugs than would students in no treatment and placebo conditions. 60 nonassertive 8th graders
were randomly assigned to assertion training (in which one-third of the training stimuli involved drug-use peer pressure), placebo discussions
focused on similar topics, or no treatment. Assertion training was taught by counselors who used live modeling, role playing, and instruction.
Assertiveness was measured by the Assertive Behavior Test, Drug Conformity Scale, and the Follow-Up Drug Refusal Questionnaire. Two weeks later, at
posttest, experimental Ss showed highly significant gains on behavioral and psychometric measures of assertiveness as well as decreased willingness
to use alcohol and marihuana. At a 3-yr follow-up, data from 18 Ss in each condition showed that experimental Ss continued to display higher levels
of assertiveness and less actual drug use. (27 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved).
American Educational Research
Journal, 19(3) : 341-351
- Year: 1982
- Problem: Substance Use Disorders (any)
- Type: Randomised controlled trials
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Stage: Universal prevention
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Treatment and intervention: Psychological Interventions
(any), Skills training
Amini, Fariborz, Zilberg, Nathan J., Burke, Edward L., Salasnek,
Sheil
74 of 87 delinquent drug-abusing
adolescents (mean age 16.1 yrs at initial assessment) randomly assigned to inpatient or outpatient treatment were administered the MMPI and measures
of social functioning (disturbance in peer contacts, school disturbance, antisocial behavior, drug and alcohol use, problem alcohol use, and global
change) at 1-yr follow-up. Results show no significant differences between the 2 groups except on the global assessment of change: 94% of inpatients
vs 74% of outpatients felt \"different\" from the way they had at initial assessment. Findings on the social functioning measures paralleled those of
MMPI profiles. Both groups seemed to improve somewhat. Possible changes that may occur in a subsequent (2-yr) follow-up are discussed. (23 ref)
(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved).
Comprehensive Psychiatry, 23(5) : 436-
444
- Year: 1982
- Problem: Substance Use Disorders (any)
- Type: Randomised controlled trials
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Stage: At risk (indicated or selected prevention)
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Treatment and intervention: Service Delivery & Improvement, Other service delivery and improvement
interventions
Milby, J. B., Clarke, C., Toro, C., Thornton, S., Rickert, D.
Twenty-nine polydrug abusers were randomly assigned to three out-patient
treatment groups after inpatient detoxification. The groups were outpatient psychotherapy (1) with urine surveillance, (2) without surveillance, and
(3) waiting list control. Tests were administered before and 3 months after outpatient treatment began. All groups made positive changes during
treatment including significant reduction in drugs abused and numbers of subjects reporting less time spent in illegal activity. Notable significant
differences were Group 3's reduction in social introversion vs Groups 1 and 2, and Group 1's retaining fewer drug-using friends and showing
greatest reduction in barbiturate use frequency vs Groups 2 and 3. Experimenters concluded urine surveillance was somewhat helpful as an adjunct to
outpatient psychotherapy but suggested its effect could be amplified by employing more rigorous surveillance procedures, especially if contingency
contracting were utilized.
International Journal of the Addictions, 15(7) : 993-1001
- Year: 1980
- Problem: Substance Use Disorders (any)
- Type: Randomised controlled trials
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Stage: At risk (indicated or selected prevention)
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Treatment and intervention: Service Delivery & Improvement, Other service delivery and improvement
interventions