The Adults in the Making Program: Long-Term Protective Stabilizing Effects on Alcohol Use and Substance Use Problems for Rural African American Emerging Adults

Autor/inn/en	Brody, Gene H.; Yu, Tianyi; Chen, Yi-fu; Kogan, Steven M.; Smith, Karen
Titel	The Adults in the Making Program: Long-Term Protective Stabilizing Effects on Alcohol Use and Substance Use Problems for Rural African American Emerging Adults
Quelle	In: Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 80 (2012) 1, S.17-28 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-006X
DOI	10.1037/a0026592
Schlagwörter	African Americans; Racial Discrimination; Prevention; Pretests Posttests; Drinking; Behavior Problems; Substance Abuse; Parenting Skills; Rural Areas; Program Effectiveness; Self Efficacy; Risk; Data Analysis; Clinical Psychology; Secondary Schools; Alabama; Georgia; Louisiana; Mississippi; South Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Racial bias; Rassismus; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Trinken; Drug use; Drug consomption; Drogenkonsum; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Risiko; Auswertung; Klinische Psychologie; Sekundarschule
Abstract	Objective: This report addresses the long-term efficacy of the Adults in the Making (AIM) prevention program on deterring the escalation of alcohol use and development of substance use problems, particularly among rural African American emerging adults confronting high levels of contextual risk. Method: African American youths (M age, pretest = 17.7 years) were assigned randomly to the AIM (n = 174) or control (n = 173) group. Past 3-month alcohol use, past 6-month substance use problems, risk taking, and susceptibility cognitions were assessed at pretest and at 6.4, 16.6, and 27.5 months after pretest. Pretest assessments of parent-child conflict, affiliations with substance-using companions, and perceived racial discrimination were used to construct a contextual risk factor index. Results: A protective stabilizing hypothesis was supported; the long-term efficacy of AIM in preventing escalation of alcohol use and substance use problems was greater for youths with higher pretest contextual risk scores. Consistent with a mediation-moderation hypothesis, AIM-induced reductions over time in risk taking and susceptibility cognitions were responsible for the AIM x contextual risk prevention effects on alcohol use and substance use problems. Conclusions: Training in developmentally appropriate protective parenting processes and self-regulatory skills during the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood for rural African Americans may contribute to a self-sustaining decreased interest in alcohol use and a lower likelihood of developing substance use problems. (Contains 2 tables and 5 figures.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org/publications
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10