Online Parent-Based College Alcohol and other Drug Use Prevention

描述（由申请人提供）：本申请建议为准备过渡到大学的青少年父母开发和测试一个基于在线家长的物质使用预防教育资源，MyStudentBody(MSB)-Parent。学院和大学将为新生家长提供MSB-Parent，帮助他们促进孩子的积极过渡。鉴于最近关注父母对年轻人生活的参与，这个项目是及时的。目前，美国青少年协会和美国青少年协会的倡议支持研究，以审查父母作为影响大学生饮酒和其他药物使用的代理人的作用。研究表明，父母继续影响他们年轻的成年子女，特别是在进入大学的过渡时期，当物质使用和其他危险行为显著增加时。研究还表明，过渡后的前六到八周对学生的长期适应和留校率有重大影响。MSB Parent将借鉴现有的理论和经验工作，包括对即将进入大学的青少年的发展需求、酒精和其他药物的教育，以及帮助父母与青少年沟通大学文化的策略，包括物质使用和相关风险。MSB-Parent将利用网络技术创建一种创新的方法，以家长为基础的预防，包括音频和流媒体视频、引人入胜的图形、动画、互动民意调查、测验和工具，以及已建立的学校和国家资源。一项随机对照研究将在父母及其即将进入大学的青少年中进行，以确定该计划在影响父母自我效能、父母与青少年沟通、学生酒精和其他药物使用倾向以及大学过渡期间的调整方面的效果。MSB-Parent将补充一套全面的基于证据的大学生在线预防项目，该项目是在美国国立卫生研究院的支持下开发的，目前正在全国约100所学校实施。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application proposes development and testing of an online parent-based substance use prevention education resource for parents of youth preparing to make the transition to college, MyStudentBody(MSB)-Parent. MSB-Parent will be offered by colleges and universities to parents of incoming students to help them to facilitate a positive transition for their child. This project is timely given the recent focus on parent involvement in young adult lives. Current NIAAA and NIDA initiatives support research for examining the role of parents as agents for influencing college alcohol and other drug use. Research demonstrates that parents continue to influence their young adult children, particularly across the transition to college when substance use and other risk behaviors markedly increase. Studies also demonstrate that the first six- to eight-weeks following the transition have a significant influence on longer term student adjustment and school retention rates. MSB Parent will draw on extant theoretical and empirical work to include education about the developmental needs of college-bound teens, alcohol and other drugs, and strategies to help parents communicate with their teen about college culture, including substance use and associated risks. MSB-Parent will harness Web technologies to create an innovative approach to parent-based prevention that incorporates audio and streaming video, engaging graphics, animation, interactive polls, quizzes, and tools, and established school- specific and national resources. A randomized controlled study will be conducted with parents and their college-bound youth to determine efficacy of the program for influencing parent self- efficacy, parent-youth communication, and student alcohol and other drug use tendencies and adjustment across the transition to college. MSB-Parent will complement a comprehensive suite of evidence-based online prevention programs for college students developed with support from NIH and currently being implemented in approximately 100 schools nationwide.