Brief Intervention for Truant Youth Sexual Risk Behavior and Alcohol Use: A Parallel Process Growth Model Analysis.
Brief Intervention for Truant Youth Sexual Risk Behavior and Alcohol Use: A Parallel Process Growth Model Analysis.
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DOI：
10.1080/1067828x.2013.786643
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发表时间：
2014
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0.6
通讯作者：
Wareham J
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作者：
Dembo R;Briones-Robinson R;Ungaro R;Barrett K;Gulledge L;Winters KC;Belenko S;Karas LM;Wareham J
逃学青年代表了一个具有挑战性的，但非常有前途的一组有风险的青年进行研究。除了在学校的问题，他们经常遇到麻烦的家庭情况，情绪/心理问题，参与使用药物，和犯罪。考虑到逃学青年经常遇到的问题，他们很可能比一般青年人口更容易从事酒精使用和性风险行为。若能找出这些青少年的问题，及早安排他们接受有效的介入服务，对他们、他们的家庭和社会都有裨益。目前的研究提出了一个正在进行的，NIDA资助的实验，简短的干预（BI）研究，涉及逃学的青少年和他们的父母/监护人的中期结果。分析基线、3个月、6个月和12个月的随访数据，以确定酒精使用和性风险行为是否纵向相关，检查干预对纵向酒精使用和性风险行为的影响，确定酒精使用和性风险行为数据中潜在的青少年亚组，并确定干预是否影响这些亚组。结果表明，饮酒和性风险纵向相关。还根据饮酒和性风险行为水平和趋势确定了青年亚组。此外，观察到酒精使用的治疗效果有限。被认为是未来的研究和服务提供的结果的影响。
Truant youths represent a challenging, yet very promising group of at-risk youth to study. In addition to problems in school, they frequently experience troubled family situations, emotional/ psychological problems, involvement in substance use, and delinquency. Given the problems often experienced by truant youth, it is likely they are engaging in alcohol use and sexual risk behavior at a higher rate, than the general youth population. Identification of these youths’ problems and early placement into effective intervention services would benefit them, their families, and society. The current study presents interim findings from an ongoing, NIDA-funded experimental, Brief Intervention (BI) study involving truant youths and their parent/guardians. Baseline, 3-month, 6-month, and 12-month follow up data were analyzed to determine whether alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors were longitudinally related, examine the effects of the intervention on longitudinal alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors, identify latent subgroups of youths in the data for alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors, and determine whether the intervention influenced these subgroups. Results indicated alcohol use and sexual risk were longitudinally related. Subgroups of youth were also identified based on alcohol use and sexual risk behavior levels and trends. Further, limited treatment effects were observed for alcohol use. Implications of the results for future research and service delivery are considered.