Child Policy Publications: Adolescents
2012
Research Gaps and Measurement Challenges for Studying the Influence of New Media on Adolescent Sexual Health — 2012
An expert panel was convened to develop a working knowledge base about the use of new media (the Internet, social networking sites, cell phones, online video games, MP3 players) among adolescents and the potential impact on their sexual health.
Support for Students Exposed to Trauma (Japanese translation) — 2012
Japanese translation of Support for Students Exposed to Trauma, a series of lessons aimed at reducing distress for middle school students who have been exposed to a traumatic life event.
2011
The Effectiveness of Community-Based Delivery of an Evidence-Based Treatment for Adolescent Substance Use — 2011
This study evaluates the effectiveness of motivational enhancement therapy/cognitive behavioral therapy–5 (MET/CBT-5) when delivered in community practice settings relative to standard community-based adolescent treatment.
Group Alcohol and Drug Treatment — 2011
Group treatment for teen alcohol and drug disorders can be enhanced by motivational interviewing, a technique that may be ideally suited to addressing barriers to treating teens in groups because it is inherently collaborative, focusing on achievable approaches for change.
Helping Children Cope with Violence and Trauma: A School-Based Program That Works — 2010
School-based program helps children cope with violence
High School Graduation Rates in the United States and the Impact of Adolescent Romance — 2011
Reviews the controversy over the true high school graduation rate in the United States, provides a comprehensive review of the debate, discusses shortcomings of current methods, and proposes new methods that address those shortcomings.
Homophily and Contagion as Explanations for Weight Similarities Among Adolescent Friends — 2011
Weight-based similarities among friends stem from marginalization of overweight adolescents by their peers. These findings highlight the importance of modeling friendship selection processes when estimating social influence effects on adiposity.
How Physical Activity Shapes, and Is Shaped By, Adolescent Friendships — 2011
Adolescents tend to choose friends who do similar amounts of physical activity and emulate their behavior; such networks could help promote physical activity among adolescents.
Identifying Arabic-Language Materials for Children That Promote Tolerance and Critical Thinking — 2011
Describes the creation of developmentally appropriate criteria used to identify and screen Arabic-language works for children that promote tolerance and critical thinking.
Increasing the Availability and Consumption of Drinking Water in Middle Schools: A Pilot Study — 2011
The authors assessed the acceptability, feasibility, and outcomes of a school-based intervention to improve drinking water consumption among adolescents.
Influence of New Media on Adolescent Sexual Health: Evidence and Opportunities — 2011
A review of media use, adolescent sexual attitudes and behavior, and interventions helps clarify what is already known and identify where there is the strongest need for further study in the field of adolescent sexual risk behavior research.
Motives for Smoking in Movies Affect Future Smoking Risk in Middle School Students: An Experimental Investigation — 2011
Exposure to movies that portray motivations for smoking places adolescents at particular risk for future smoking.
Multisite Cost Analysis of a School-Based Voluntary Alcohol and Drug Prevention Program — 2011
The large cross-school variation in the cost of implementing Project CHOICE (a voluntary after-school prevention program for adolescents) highlights the importance of collecting cost information from multiple sites.
Neighborhood Archetypes for Population Health Research: Is There No Place Like Home? — 2011
Latent class analysis. A new approach to studying the role of place in population health, can be used in both research and practice.
Preliminary Healthy Eating Outcomes of SNaX, a Pilot Community-Based Intervention for Adolescents — 2011
This project developed and designed Students for Nutrition and eXercise (SNaX), an intervention aimed at translating school obesity-prevention policies into practice with peer advocacy of healthy eating and school cafeteria changes.
The Premises Is the Premise: Understanding Off- and On-Premises Alcohol Sales Outlets to Improve Environmental Alcohol Prevention Strategies — 2011
Outlets that sell alcohol on the premises (e.g., bars or restaurants) do more to prevent alcohol sales to minors than outlets such as convenience or liquor stores.
Propensity Scoring and the Relationship Between Sexual Media and Adolescent Sexual Behavior: Comment on Steinberg and Monahan (2011) — 2011
Longitudinal research has demonstrated a link between exposure to sexual content in media and subsequent changes in adolescent sexual behavior, including initiation of intercourse and various noncoital sexual activities.
Reducing the Impact of Children's Exposure to Violence: Results of the National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches — 2011
RAND's evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches identified program successes and challenges in implementing programs for children exposed to violence. The evaluation results, though largely inconclusive, can inform similar efforts going forward.
Regional Price Differences and Food Consumption Frequency Among Elementary School Children — 2011
Geographic variation in food prices across the US affects youth's consumption of fruit, vegetables and milk; price variation does not seem to affect consumption of fast food or soft drinks, perhaps because consumption is less price sensitive.
Relationships Between Adolescent Sexual Outcomes and Exposure to Sex in Media: Robustness to Propensity-Based Analysis — 2011
A reanalysis of data from earlier studies continues to show associations between sex in the media and adolescent sexual outcomes. The evidence does not prove causality but suggests cautions for parents.
Resisting Smoking When a Best Friend Smokes: Do Intrapersonal and Contextual Factors Matter? — 2011
The strong link between having a best friend who smoked and increased adolescent smoking isn't affected by individual factors such as self-esteem, depressing and access to cigarettes.
Romantic Attraction and Adolescent Smoking Trajectories — 2011
This analysis examines smoking behaviors across sexual orientation groups by describing how same- and opposite-sex romantic attraction, and changes in romantic attraction, are associated with trajectories of smoking over six years.
Source Materials for the Healthy Communities Toolkit: A Resource Guide for Community and Faith-Based Organizations — 2011
Provides content for a toolkit that will prepare community and faith-based organizations to take advantage of opportunities presented in the Affordable Care Act and engage faith and community leaders in promoting health in their communities.
Substance Use Among Middle School Students: Associations with Self-Rated and Peer-Nominated Popularity — 2011
More-popular middle school students are more likely to be cigarette smokers, drinkers, and marijuana users, as well as past-month drinkers, suggesting that popularity is a risk factor for substance abuse.
Using a Cross-Study Design to Assess the Efficacy of Motivational Enhancement Therapy-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 5 (MET/CBT5) in Treating Adolescents with Cannabis-Related Disorders — 2011
Youth with marijuana problems who received a research-based treatment (motivational enhancement therapy plus cognitive behavioral therapy [MET/CBT5]) had better outcomes than similar youth treated in community-based programs.
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