TY - JOUR
T1 - Brief Intervention Impact on Truant Youths’ Marijuana Use
T2 - Eighteen-Month Follow-Up
AU - Dembo, Richard
AU - Briones-Robinson, Rhissa
AU - Schmeidler, James
AU - Wareham, Jennifer
AU - Ungaro, Rocío
AU - Winters, Ken C.
AU - Karas, Lora
AU - Wothke, Werner
AU - Belenko, Steven
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2016/1/2
Y1 - 2016/1/2
N2 - School truancy among teenagers remains a serious national problem, as evidenced by its significant association with school performance, psychological, and behavioral problems. Truancy is also positively associated with substance abuse. This study presents 18-month outcome data from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded controlled trial that examined the efficacy of a brief intervention (BI) to reduce marijuana use among truant youths. Adolescents and their parents were randomly assigned to receive either a two-session youth-only session (BI-Y), two-session youth and additional parent session (BI-YP), or standard truancy services (STS). Analyses of an auto-regressive lag model examined marijuana use at three months, six months, 12 m onths, and 18 m onths post-intervention. Results indicated adolescents receiving BI services, especially BI-Y services, showed significant reductions in marijuana use, at 18-month follow-up. BI-YP youths showed a greater increase in marijuana use than BI-Y youths. Reasons for this unexpected finding are discussed. Implications of the results for future research and service delivery also are discussed.
AB - School truancy among teenagers remains a serious national problem, as evidenced by its significant association with school performance, psychological, and behavioral problems. Truancy is also positively associated with substance abuse. This study presents 18-month outcome data from a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)-funded controlled trial that examined the efficacy of a brief intervention (BI) to reduce marijuana use among truant youths. Adolescents and their parents were randomly assigned to receive either a two-session youth-only session (BI-Y), two-session youth and additional parent session (BI-YP), or standard truancy services (STS). Analyses of an auto-regressive lag model examined marijuana use at three months, six months, 12 m onths, and 18 m onths post-intervention. Results indicated adolescents receiving BI services, especially BI-Y services, showed significant reductions in marijuana use, at 18-month follow-up. BI-YP youths showed a greater increase in marijuana use than BI-Y youths. Reasons for this unexpected finding are discussed. Implications of the results for future research and service delivery also are discussed.
KW - marijuana use
KW - risk behaviors
KW - truancy
KW - youth drug use brief intervention
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U2 - 10.1080/1067828X.2013.872068
DO - 10.1080/1067828X.2013.872068
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84933060450
SN - 1067-828X
VL - 25
SP - 18
EP - 32
JO - Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
JF - Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse
IS - 1
ER -
