Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2014
Universal family-focused intervention with young adolescents: effects on health-risking sexual behaviors and STDs among young adults.
Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Developmental cascade effects of a parenting-focused program for divorced families on competence in emerging adulthood.Development and psychopathology · 2021Trial
- Internalizing symptoms: effects of a preventive intervention on developmental pathways from early adolescence to young adulthood.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2012Trial
- Annual Research Review: Beyond the target - understanding crossover effects in family-centered prevention.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Review
- A Living Scoping Review of Universal Interventions for Promoting Relational Health in Childhood, Adolescence and Young Adulthood.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Article
- Opportunities to Improve the Implementation of Relational Health Interventions for Children and Families: A Secondary Analysis of a Scoping Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2026Article
- Integrated Theory-Based Health and Development Interventions for Young People: A Global Scoping Review.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2024Article
- Long-term Effects of Adolescent Substance Use Prevention on Participants, Partners, and their Children: Resiliency and Outcomes 15 Years Later During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2022Article
- Beyond effectiveness of the Strengthening Families Program (10-14): a scoping RE-AIM-based review.Psicologia, reflexao e critica : revista semestral do Departamento de Psicologia da UFRGS · 2021Article
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- PROSPER delivery of universal preventive interventions with young adolescents: long-term effects on emerging adult substance misuse and associated risk behaviors.Psychological medicine · 2017Article
- Potential Mediators in Parenting and Family Intervention: Quality of Mediation Analyses.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2017Review
- How Do Family-Focused Prevention Programs Work? A Review of Mediating Mechanisms Associated with Reductions in Youth Antisocial Behaviors.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2016Review
- Risky sexual behavior of foreign and native-born women in emerging adulthood: The long reach of mother-daughter relationships in adolescence.Social science research · 2016Article
- Adolescent Gambling-Oriented Attitudes Mediate the Relationship Between Perceived Parental Knowledge and Adolescent Gambling: Implications for Prevention.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Article
- Methodological and Design Considerations in Evaluating the Impact of Prevention Programs on Violence and Related Health Outcomes.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2016Article
- Characterizing implementation strategies using a systems engineering survey and interview tool: a comparison across 10 prevention programs for drug abuse and HIV sexual risk behavior.Implementation science : IS · 2016Article
- Supplemental issue on does early intervention prevent health-risking sexual behaviors related to HIV/AIDS: commentary on effects.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2014Article
- Toward the development of preventive interventions to reduce HRSB, HIV/AIDS, and multiple problem behaviors.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2014Article
- Does early intervention prevent health-risking sexual behaviors related to HIV/AIDS?Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2014Article
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Abstract
Considering the prevalence and consequences of health-risking sexual behaviors (HRSBs) and STDs among young adults, their prevention is a public health priority. Emerging etiological and prevention outcome literatures suggested study of the long-term effects of universal family-focused interventions on young adult HRSBs and STDs. Although earlier studies have demonstrated intervention impact on adolescent substance misuse, no study has examined universal family-focused intervention effects on young adult HRSBs and STDs via reductions in adolescent misuse. Sixth grade students and their families enrolled in 33 rural Midwestern schools were randomly assigned to experimental conditions. Self-report questionnaires provided data at pretest (Ns = 238, 221, and 208 for the Iowa Strengthening Families Program [ISFP], Preparing for the Drug Free Years [PDFY], and control groups, respectively), with seven data points through young adulthood (age 21). In latent growth modeling, three young adult HRSB measures (number of sexual partners, condom use, substance use with sex) and lifetime STDs were specified as distal outcomes mediated by adolescent substance initiation growth factors (average level and rate of change). Results showed that the models fit the data and, except for condom use, there were significant indirect effects, with a higher frequency of significant findings for ISFP. The model additions of direct intervention effects on young adult outcomes generally were not supported, consistent with a model positing that long-term intervention effects on young adult HRSBs and STDs outcomes are indirect. As an indication of the practical significance of long-term effects, analyses revealed relative reduction rates ranging from 6% to 46% for significant outcomes.
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