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Support PROSPER                       NATIONAL NETWORK HOME WHAT IS PROSPER NATIONAL NETWORK HOW DOES IT WORK THE EVIDENCE BACKGROUND CONTACTS LOGIN Click here to see a complete listing of research articles. — Published Research Related to Positive Findings for Youth and Young Adults — Protective factors and young adolescent tendency to abstain from alcohol use: A model using two waves of intervention study data. Spoth, R., Redmond, C., Hockaday, C., & Yoo, S. (1996). Protective factors and young adolescent tendency to abstain from alcohol use: A model using two waves of intervention study data. American Journal of Community Psychology, 24(6), 749-770. | Show Abstract |     Randomized trial of brief family interventions for general populations: Adolescent substance use outcomes four years following baseline. Spoth, R., Redmond, C., & Shin, C. (2001). Randomized trial of brief family interventions for general populations: Adolescent substance use outcomes four years following baseline. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 69(4), 627-642. | Show Abstract |     Reducing adolescents' aggressive and hostile behaviors: Randomized trial effects of a brief family intervention four years past baseline. Spoth, R., Redmond, C., & Shin, C. (2000). Reducing adolescents' aggressive and hostile behaviors: Randomized trial effects of a brief family intervention four years past baseline. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, 154, 1248-1257 | Show Abstract |     Brief family intervention effects on adolescent substance initiation: School-level curvilinear growth curve analyses six years following baseline. Spoth, R., Redmond, C., Shin, C., & Azevedo, K. (2004). Brief family intervention effects on adolescent substance initiation: School-level curvilinear growth curve analyses six years following baseline. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 72(3), 535-542. | Show Abstract |     Reduced health-risking sexual behaviors among young adults through universal family-focused intervention effects on adolescent substance use. Spoth, R. L., Clair, S., & Trudeau, L. (In press.). Reduced health-risking sexual behaviors among young adults through universal family-focused intervention effects on adolescent substance use. Prevention Science. abstract not available | Hide Abstract | School success through partnership-based family competency training: Experimental study of long-term outcomes. Spoth, R., Randall, G. K., & Shin, C. (2008). School success through partnership-based family competency training: Experimental study of long-term outcomes. School Psychology Quarterly, 23(1), 70-89. | Show Abstract |     Universal intervention as a protective shield against exposure to substance use: Long-term outcomes and public health significance. Spoth, R., Guyll, M., & Shin, C. (2009). Universal intervention as a protective shield against exposure to substance use: Long-term outcomes and public health significance. American Journal of Public Health, 99(11), 2026-2033. | Show Abstract |     Universal Intervention Effects on Substance Use Among Young Adults Mediated by Delayed Adolescent Substance Initiation. Spoth, R., Trudeau, L., Guyll, M., Shin, C., & Redmond, C. (2009). Universal Intervention Effects on Substance Use Among Young Adults Mediated by Delayed Adolescent Substance Initiation. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 77(4), 620–632 | Show Abstract |