Many children are reared in less than ideal family conditions (eg, poverty, violence,
substance abuse, family dissonance, family or personal illnesses). Situations such as these …

Background and aims Adolescent alcohol misuse is a growing global health concern.
Substantial research suggests that parents have an important role in reducing young …

▪ Abstract Adolescent resilience research differs from risk research by focusing on the assets
and resources that enable some adolescents to overcome the negative effects of risk …

The authors reviewed scores of primary prevention programs to identify preventive
interventions that had undergone quasi-experimental or randomized trials and been found …

Background Hel** young people to avoid starting smoking is a widely endorsed public
health goal, and schools provide a route to communicate with nearly all young people …

This article reviews findings from 46 randomized experimental trials of preventive parenting
interventions. The findings of these trials provide evidence of effects to prevent a wide range …

In the past decade, prevention science has emerged as a discipline built on the integration
of life course development research, community epidemiology, and preventive intervention …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to review the effectiveness of social marketing
interventions in influencing individual behaviour and bringing about environmental and …

Aims To examine the prospective relationships between childhood externalizing and
internalizing disorders and substance use in early adolescence. Design Longitudinal …

This study examined the long-term substance use outcomes of 2 brief interventions
designed for general population families of young adolescents. Thirty-three public schools …