Adolescents

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Measurement of Adolescent Drug Use — Jan 1, 2003

There is widespread agreement that estimates of adolescent drug use prevalence from the NHSDA and MTF are subject to considerable measurement error.

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Predictors of Beer Advertising Awareness Among Eighth Graders — Jan 1, 2003

Boys are more likely to be aware of and remember beer marketing, and may be more likely to drink as a result of this awareness than girls.

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Does Marijuana Use Impair Human Capital Formation? — Jan 1, 2003

Marijuana use remains statistically associated with a 15% reduction in performance on standardized math tests.

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Reciprocal Obligations: Managing Policy Responses to Prenatal Substance Exposure — Jan 1, 2003

The policy debate over prenatal substance exposure (PSE) is highly contentious and polarized.

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Adolescent Social Relationships and the Treatment Process: Findings from Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses — Jan 1, 2003

Juvenile justice systems increasingly rely on placement of substance-involved adolescents in residential group homes.

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Geographic Disparities in Children's Mental Health Care — Jan 1, 2003

It is widely believed that only a minority of vulnerable children and adolescents receive any mental health services.

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Entertainment Television as a Healthy Sex Educator: The Impact of Condom-Efficacy Information in an Episode of Friends — Jan 1, 2003

Television is often decried as a negative influence on the sexual attitudes and behavior of America's adolescents.

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Bullying Among Young Adolescents: The Strong, the Weak and the Troubled — Jan 1, 2003

To be able to intervene with bullying, it is important to recognize the unique problems of bullies, victims, and bully-victims.

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Prevalence of Child and Adolescent Exposure to Community Violence — Jan 1, 2003

Predictors of community violence exposure, including gender, age, race, socioeconomic status, behavior patterns, and geography, are discussed.

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Social Context and Adolescent Health Behavior: Does School-Level Smoking Prevalence Affect Students' Subsequent Smoking Behavior? — Jan 1, 2003

Paper examines the links between individual adolescent smoking behavior and actual and perceived smoking behavior in the individual's school cohort.

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Patterns and Correlates of Binge Drinking Trajectories from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood — Jan 1, 2003

Patterns and Correlates of Binge Drinking Trajectories from Early Adolescence to Young Adulthood

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Five-Year Prospective Study of Risk Factors for Daily Smoking in Adolescence Among Early Nonsmokers and Experimenters — Jan 1, 2003

Results point to the importance of adapting prevention efforts to the special needs of early nonsmokers and experimenters.

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New Inroads in Preventing Adolescent Drug Use: Results From a Large-Scale Trial of Project ALERT in Middle Schools — Jan 1, 2003

New Inroads in Preventing Adolescent Drug Use: Results From a Large-Scale Trial of Project ALERT in Middle Schools

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Meeting Decision Makers’ Needs for Evidence-Based Information on Child and Family Policy — Jan 1, 2003

Describes the rationale behind the Promising Practices Network on Children, Families and Communities.

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Combating Teen Smoking: Research and Policy Strategies : Book Review — Jun 1, 2002

Review of Combating Teen Smoking: Research and Policy Strategies / By P. D. Jacobson, P. M. Lantz, K. E. Warner, et al. (Ann Arbor, MI : The University of Michigan Press, 2001).

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School-Based Drug Prevention: What Kind of Drug Use Does It Prevent? — Jan 1, 2002

The authors compare the social benefits of school-based prevention programs' long-run impacts on a diverse set of different substances.

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Smoking Cessation During the Transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood — Jan 1, 2002

The psychosocial and behavioral determinants of smoking cessation from late adolescence to early adulthood were investigated.

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Phoenix Academy at Lake View Terrace, California: Clinical Manual and Program Description of an Adolescent Therapeutic Community — Jan 1, 2002

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Depression Among Youth in Primary Care Models for Delivering Mental Health Services — Jan 1, 2002

This article emphasizes the promise of efforts to improve care for depression within the primary care setting.

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Adolescent Vulnerability: Measurement and Priority Setting — Jan 1, 2002

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