Trial reportJournal of studies on alcohol and drugs2017
Peer Network Counseling as Brief Treatment for Urban Adolescent Heavy Cannabis Users.
Trial report in Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Identifying brief intervention factors to improve cannabis related outcomes in adolescents and young adults: A systematic review of sample characteristics and intervention components.Journal of substance use and addiction treatment · 2024Pooled it
- Peer Network Counseling Effects on Substance Use: an Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis Integrating Three Randomized Controlled Trials.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Pooled it
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- A scoping review and meta-analysis of psychosocial and pharmacological treatments for cannabis and tobacco use among African Americans.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2017Pooled it
- Evidence Base on Outpatient Behavioral Treatments for Adolescent Substance Use, 2014-2017: Outcomes, Treatment Delivery, and Promising Horizons.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53Pooled it
- Testing Mechanisms of Change for Text Message-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Randomized Clinical Trial for Young Adult Depression.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2023Trial
- A pilot trial of text-delivered peer network counseling to treat young adults with cannabis use disorder.Journal of substance abuse treatment · 2018Trial
- Requiem for Many Dreams? Comorbid Substance Use and Disruptive Behaviour Disorders in Adolescents.Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2026Article
- Treatments for Cannabis Use Disorder across the Lifespan: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk Patterns of Alcohol and Cannabis Co-Use: A Longitudinal Study of Puerto Rican Youth.The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine · 2023Article
- Adolescent Depression and Substance Use: the Protective Role of Prosocial Peer Behavior.Journal of abnormal child psychology · 2019Article
- Neighborhood disorder, peer network health, and substance use among young urban adolescents.Drug and alcohol dependence · 2017Article
- A longitudinal study predicting adolescent tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis use by behavioral characteristics of close friends.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2017Article
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Abstract
objectiveA small body of evidence supports targeting adolescents who are heavy users of cannabis with brief interventions, yet more research is needed to confirm the effectiveness of these studies. We conducted a secondary analysis of our Peer Network Counseling (PNC) study (Mason et al., 2015), focusing on 46 adolescents of the sample of 119 who reported heavy cannabis use at baseline.
methodUrban adolescents (91% African American) presenting for primary health care were randomized to intervention or control conditions and followed for 6 months. We selected cases (n = 46) to analyze based on heavy cannabis use reported at baseline (≥10 times in past month). The ordinal response data (cannabis use) were modeled using a mixed-effects proportional odds model, including fixed effects for treatment, time, and their interaction, and a subject-level random effect.
resultsIn the subsample of adolescents with heavy cannabis use, those assigned to PNC had a 35.9% probability of being abstinent at 6 months, compared with a 13.2% probability in the control condition. Adolescents in the PNC condition had a 16.6% probability of using cannabis 10 or more times per month, compared with a 38.1% probability in the control condition. This differs from results of the full sample (N = 119), where no significant effects on cannabis use were found.
conclusionsPNC increased the probability of abstinence and reduced heavy cannabis use. These results provide initial support for PNC as a model for brief treatment with non-treatment seeking adolescents who are heavy users of cannabis.
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