ReviewPerspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science2018
Why Interventions to Influence Adolescent Behavior Often Fail but Could Succeed.
Review in Perspectives on psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06028243 (Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Healthy Living Awareness Program for the Prevention of Osteoporosis Based on the Information- Motivation- Behavioral Skills Model in University Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 147 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Assessment of the Effectiveness of the Healthy Living Awareness Program for the Prevention of Osteoporosis Based on the Information- Motivation- Behavioral Skills Model in University Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
147 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The Effectiveness of Combined Dietary and Physical Activity Interventions for Improving Dietary Behaviors, Physical Activity, and Adiposity Outcomes in Adolescents Globally: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2025Pooled it
- What Works for Whom in School-Based Anti-bullying Interventions? An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2023Pooled it
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- Understanding Variation in Social and Emotional Learning Effects: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Physical Education and Physical Activity.Journal of youth and adolescence · 2026Article
- Youth Perspectives on the Climate Crisis: Motivation and Action Pathways.Developmental science · 2026Article
- Learning to Reformulate Peer Conflict: Effects of a Language-Based Educational Program on Conflict Management, Peer Interaction, and Bullying-Related Experiences in Early Adolescence.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026Article
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Abstract
We provide a developmental perspective on two related issues: (a) why traditional preventative school-based interventions work reasonably well for children but less so for middle adolescents and (b) why some alternative approaches to interventions show promise for middle adolescents. We propose the hypothesis that traditional interventions fail when they do not align with adolescents' enhanced desire to feel respected and be accorded status; however, interventions that do align with this desire can motivate internalized, positive behavior change. We review examples of promising interventions that (a) directly harness the desire for status and respect, (b) provide adolescents with more respectful treatment from adults, or (c) lessen the negative influence of threats to status and respect. These examples are in the domains of unhealthy snacking, middle school discipline, and high school aggression. Discussion centers on implications for basic developmental science and for improvements to youth policy and practice.
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