Drug abuse continues to be an important public health problem throughout the world.
Although considerable progress has been made in identifying effective prevention …

Substantial progress has been made in developing prevention programs for adolescent
drug abuse. The most effective interventions target salient risk and protective factors at the …

Substance use and abuse are important public health problems in the USA and throughout
the world. In many developed countries, the initial stages of substance use typically include …

Objective.—To evaluate the long-term efficacy of a school-based approach to drug abuse
prevention. Design.—Randomized trial involving 56 public schools that received the …

Abstract Students (N= 4,466) attending 56 schools in New York State were involved in a 3-
year study testing the effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral approach to substance abuse …

This study examined how parenting factors were associated with adolescent problem
behaviors among urban minority youth and to what extent these relationships were …

Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use are important problems that typically begin during
adolescence. Fortunately, substantial progress has been made in developing effective drug …

The effectiveness of a 20 session cognitive-behavioral approach to substance abuse
prevention was tested on seventh grade students (n= 1,311) from 10 suburban New York …

The effectiveness of a 10-session social psychological approach to the prevention of
cigarette smoking was tested on 8th, 9th, and 10th graders (N= 281) in suburban New York …

This study presents one-year follow-up data from an evaluation study testing the
effectiveness of a cognitive-behavioral substance abuse prevention approach which …