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- Title
The Strong African American Families Program: a cluster-randomized prevention trial of long-term effects and a mediational model.
- Authors
Brody, Gene H; Murry, Velma McBride; Kogan, Steven M; Gerrard, Meg; Gibbons, Frederick X; Molgaard, Virginia; Brown, Anita C; Anderson, Tracy; Chen, Yi-fu; Luo, Zupei; Wills, Thomas Ashby
- Abstract
The Strong African American Families Program, a universal preventive intervention to deter alcohol use among rural African American adolescents, was evaluated in a cluster-randomized prevention trial. This 7-week family skills training program is based on a contextual model in which intervention effects on youth protective factors lead to changes in alcohol use. African American 11-year-olds and their primary caregivers from 9 rural communities (N = 332 families) were randomly selected for study participation. Communities were randomized to prevention and control conditions. Intent-to-treat analyses indicated that fewer prevention than control adolescents initiated alcohol use; those who did evinced slower increases in use over time. Intervention-induced changes in youth protective factors mediated the effect of group assignment on long-term changes in use.
- Publication
Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 2006, Vol 74, Issue 2, p356
- ISSN
0022-006X
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1037/0022-006X.74.2.356