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Journal Article
A Group-Based Motivational Interviewing Brief Intervention to Reduce Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Homeless Young Adults
A brief group-based motivational interview intervention was effective in helping homeless young adults make positive changes in their alcohol and condom use.
Mar 16, 2017
Journal Article
Impact of the Affordable Care Act's Dependent Coverage Expansion on the Health Care and Health Status of Young Adults: What Do We Know So Far
Under the ACA's dependent coverage expansion, there has been an increase in behavioral health treatment and a decrease in high out-of-pocket expenses and ER visits among young adults.
Mar 14, 2017
Report
Dr. Dynasaur 2.0: Modeling the Effects of Expanding Vermont's Dr. Dynasaur Program
RAND researchers assessed an expansion of Vermont's Dr. Dynasaur program that would cover all residents age 25 and younger, modeling the effects on health insurance coverage, costs, and premiums.
Jan 18, 2017
Commentary
Insuring Younger Adults Through the ACA's Marketplaces: Options to Expand Enrollment
Whether or not the Affordable Care Act is repealed, having young adults participate in the individual health insurance market remains critical to achieving affordable premiums for everyone.
Dec 16, 2016
Journal Article
Evidence for Association Between SH2B1 Gene Variants and Glycated Hemoglobin in Nondiabetic European American Young Adults: The Add Health Study
In young adults with European heritage, a blood marker used to classify type 2 diabetes, HbA1c, was found to be significantly associated with two variants of a genetic region involved in metabolic control, SH2B1.
Sep 29, 2016
Journal Article
Behavioral Health Treatment Receipt Among a Community Sample of Young Adult Veterans
About 70 percent of a community sample of young veterans reported screening positive for behavioral health conditions, with co-occurrence of many conditions, but only about one-third received minimally adequate care.
Sep 20, 2016
Journal Article
Measuring Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana Use Among Young Adults
The Protective Behavioral Strategies for Marijuana scale can assess behaviors in young adults that could help limit negative consequences of marijuana use, which may be useful for intervention and prevention programs.
Sep 6, 2016
Journal Article
Associations of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms with Marijuana and Synthetic Cannabis Use Among Young Adult U.S. Veterans: A Pilot Investigation
Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms among a young adult sample of U.S. veterans were associated with a doubled rate of past-month use of marijuana and lifetime use of synthetic cannabis.
Sep 2, 2016
Journal Article
The Longitudinal Associations Between Substance Use, Crime, and Social Risk Among Emerging Adults: A Longitudinal Within and Between-Person Latent Variables Analysis
Analyses of longitudinal data on crime and delinquency need to address individual-level effects to better understand factors like social context that may contribute to their association, and to devise targeted interventions.
Jul 21, 2016
Report
Millennials: Implications for the Intelligence Community
Millennials are now America's largest living generation. How should the intelligence community adapt to interact with them as clients, employees, partners, and citizens?
Jul 18, 2016
Journal Article
Study Protocol for a Web-Based Personalized Normative Feedback Alcohol Intervention for Young Adult Veterans
An online intervention shows potential to improve veteran health care by using a novel approach to increase access to care, assist with drinking reductions, and prevent alcohol-related problems.
Apr 11, 2016
Journal Article
Depression, Posttraumatic Stress, and Alcohol Misuse in Young Adult Veterans: The Transdiagnostic Role of Distress Tolerance
Low distress tolerance--the capacity to experience and withstand negative psychological states--may be a factor in linking comorbid PTSD, depression, and alcohol misuse among veterans.
Mar 14, 2016
Journal Article
'That Right Level of Intoxication': A Grounded Theory Study on Young Adults' Drinking in Nightlife Settings
The present study examined the meaning and functions of drinking across different nightlife settings (e.g., bars, dance clubs) in a sample of Italian young adults.
Feb 11, 2016
Journal Article
Young Adult Veteran Perceptions of Peers' Drinking Behavior and Attitudes
The current study utilizes a community sample of 1,023 young adult veterans to examine perceptions of drinking among peers.
Nov 20, 2015
Journal Article
Reviewing and Interpreting the Effects of Brief Alcohol Interventions: Comment on a Cochrane Review About Motivational Interviewing for Young Adults
Cochrane recently published a systematic review on motivational interviewing (MI) for alcohol misuse in young adults. This study wishes to open a dialogue about interpreting effect sizes in this review and of (brief) alcohol interventions more generally.
Nov 11, 2015
Dissertation
Change Talk in a Group Motivational Interviewing Setting and Risk Reduction Among Homeless Young Adults
Examines how exposure to change talk (CT) during motivational interviewing intervention is related to client behavior change among homeless young adults and how exposure to CT and is related to both substance use and sexual risk behavior outcomes.
Nov 3, 2015
Journal Article
Using Facebook to Recruit Young Adult Veterans: Online Mental Health Research
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Aug 28, 2015
Journal Article
Help-Seeking Stigma and Mental Health Treatment Seeking Among Young Adult Veterans
Targeting perceived public stigma of treatment seeking, through perceived norms interventions, might help narrow the gap between the need and receipt of help among veterans.
Jul 14, 2015
Research Brief
Young Adult Enrollment and the Affordable Care Act
Reduced young-adult enrollment in the individual health insurance market created under the Affordable Care Act would lead to modest premium increases; however, eliminating tax credits would substantially increase premiums and reduce enrollment.
Oct 21, 2014
Report
Beliefs Related to Mental Illness Stigma Among California Young Adults
Report examines mental illness stigma and related beliefs among young adults in California, especially whether levels of stigma are higher or lower than those observed in older adults.
Sep 17, 2014

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