Family-based prevention counseling for high-risk young adolescents: Immediate outcomes

✍ Scribed by Aaron Hogue; Howard A. Liddle; Dana Becker; Jodi Johnson-Leckrone

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 199 KB
• Volume: 30
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0090-4392
• DOI: 10.1002/jcop.1047

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Family prevention counseling, which features customized prevention planning for individual families, is a promising approach for preventive intervention with adolescents at high risk for substance abuse and conduct disorder. A randomized study (N = 124) tested the post‐intervention efficacy of an indicated, family‐based prevention model with a sample of inner‐city African‐American youths (ages 11–14). Key risk and protective factors associated with the development of drug use and antisocial behavior were targeted in four domains: self‐competence, family functioning, school involvement, and peer associations. Compared to controls, participants in family prevention counseling showed gains in global self‐worth, family cohesion, and bonding to school, and a decrease in peer antisocial behavior. The potential utility of family prevention counseling within a unified prevention framework is discussed. © 2002 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.