SynthesisJournal of youth and adolescence2015
Can brief alcohol interventions for youth also address concurrent illicit drug use? results from a meta-analysis.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Brief Interventions on Internalizing Symptoms and Substance Use in Youth: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Pooled it
- Psychosocial interventions to reduce alcohol consumption in concurrent problem alcohol and illicit drug users.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Do brief alcohol interventions reduce tobacco use among adolescents and young adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2015Pooled it
- A Web-Based Intervention for Reducing Sexually Transmitted Infections and Substance Use During Pregnancy: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Trial
- Adaptive interventions for alcohol misuse and violent behaviors among adolescents and emerging adults in the emergency department: Outcomes from a sequential multiple assignment randomized controlled trial.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2025Trial
- Randomized controlled internal pilot trial of a diversion programme for adolescents in police custody who possess illicit substances.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2024Trial
- How does brief motivational intervention change heavy drinking and harm among underage young adult drinkers?Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2017Trial
- Effectiveness of a Web-Based Screening and Fully Automated Brief Motivational Intervention for Adolescent Substance Use: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2016Trial
- Parental involvement in brief interventions for adolescent marijuana use.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2015Trial
- Payment and Financing for Substance Use Screening and Brief Intervention for Adolescents and Adults in Health, School, and Community Settings.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2022Review
- Variation in brief treatment for substance use disorder: a qualitative investigation of four federally qualified health centers with SBIRT services.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2021Article
- Self-regulation mechanisms in health behavior change: a systematic meta-review of meta-analyses, 2006-2017.Health psychology review · 2020Article
- Reducing sexual health risks and substance use in the prenatal setting: A study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2019Article
- Effects of Alcohol Interventions on Other Drug Use in the Cherokee Nation.American journal of public health · 2018Article
- Adapting substance use brief interventions for adolescents: perspectives of adolescents living with adults in substance use disorder treatment.Substance abuse and rehabilitation · 2018Article
- Magnitude and Trends in Heavy Episodic Drinking, Alcohol-Impaired Driving, and Alcohol-Related Mortality and Overdose Hospitalizations Among Emerging Adults of College Ages 18-24 in the United States, 1998-2014.Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2017Article
- Universal School-Based Implementation of Screening Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment to Reduce and Prevent Alcohol, Marijuana, Tobacco, and Other Drug Use: Process and Feasibility.Substance abuse : research and treatment · 2017Article
- Emerging Scholar Best Article Award, 2016.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2016Article
- A feasibility test of a brief motivational interview intervention to reduce dating abuse perpetration in a hospital setting.Psychology of violence · 2016Article
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Abstract
Brief interventions aimed at reducing alcohol use among youth may interrupt a possible developmental progression to more serious substance use if they can also affect the use of other illicit drugs. This meta-analysis examined the findings of recent research on the effects of brief alcohol interventions for adolescents and young adults on both alcohol and illicit drug use. Eligible studies were those using randomized or controlled quasi-experimental designs to examine the effects of brief alcohol interventions on illicit drug use outcomes among youth. A comprehensive literature search identified 30 eligible study samples that, on average, included participants age 17, with 57 % male participants and 56 % White youth. Three-level random-effects meta-analyses were used to estimate mean effect sizes and explore variability in effects. Overall, brief interventions targeting both alcohol and other drugs were effective in reducing both of these substances. However, the brief interventions that targeted only alcohol had no significant secondary effects on untargeted illicit drug use. The evidence from current research, therefore, shows modest beneficial effects on outcomes that are targeted by brief interventions for youth, but does not show that those effects generalize to untargeted illicit drug use outcomes.
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