Outcomes during middle school for an elementary school-based preventive intervention for conduct problems: Follow-up results from a randomized trial

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Behavior Therapy

Volume 34, Issue 4, Autumn 2003, Pages 535-552

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Middle school outcomes for a population-based, randomized preventive intervention trial for conduct problems are reported. Students (n = 361), and their parents, from six elementary schools participated in the trial. Randomization into control and preventive intervention conditions occurred at the school level. Schools were located in neighborhoods characterized by high rates of juvenile delinquency. The Linking the Interest of Families and Teachers (LIFT) multimodal preventive intervention, which included behavioral parent management training, child social and problem-solving skills training, a recess behavior management program, and a classroom dedicated phone line and answering machine, was offered to students and parents from all fifth and combined fourth-fifth classrooms within preventive intervention schools. Survival analyses were conducted using logistic regression for substance use outcomes and Cox regression for police arrest. The onset of polic arrest and patterned alcohol use during the middle school years was less likely for participants in the preventive intervention condition than for participants in the control condition, but no differences were found in terms of onset of tobacco use or marijuana use.

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Special Series: Behaviorally Oriented Interventions For Children With Aggressive Behavior And/Or Conduct ProblemsOutcomes during middle school for an elementary school-based preventive intervention for conduct problems: Follow-up results from a randomized trial*

Preventive Medicine

Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatry

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Behavior Research and Therapy

Event history analysis: Regression analysis for longitudinal data

An integrated components preventive intervention for aggressive elementary school children: The Early Risers program

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Think aloud. A program for developing self-control in young aggressive boys

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Comparison of two community alternatives to incarceration for chronic juvenile offenders

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

The natural history of cigarette smoking from adolescence to adulthood: Demographic predictors of continuity and change

Health Psychology

The implementation of the Fast Track program: An example of a large-scale prevention science efficacy trial

Journal of Abnormal and Child Psychology

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Development and Psychopathology

Middle childhood antecedents to progression in male adolescent substance use: An ecological analysis of risk and protection

Journal of Adolescent Research

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Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

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Special Series: Behaviorally Oriented Interventions For Children With Aggressive Behavior And/Or Conduct Problems
Outcomes during middle school for an elementary school-based preventive intervention for conduct problems: Follow-up results from a randomized trial*