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Zaharakis N, Coatsworth JD, Riggs NR, Radford A, Rayburn S, Mennis J, Russell MA, Brown A, Mason MJ. Treating young adult cannabis use disorder with text message-delivered peer network counseling. Contemp Clin Trials 2024; 144:107635. [PMID: 39019156 DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2024.107635] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2024] [Revised: 06/28/2024] [Accepted: 07/13/2024] [Indexed: 07/19/2024]
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BACKGROUND Approximately 16.5% of U.S. young adults have a cannabis use disorder (CUD) and are at risk for negative outcomes. Treatment can reduce cannabis use, but young adults are less likely to seek help than older adults. Peer Network Counseling-txt (PNC-txt) is a brief, text-delivered, Motivational Interviewing-informed substance use intervention focusing on peer relations and activity spaces as mechanisms for behavioral change. PNC-txt has shown evidence of reducing tobacco and cannabis use with adolescents and young adults, but it has not been tested in the context of legal cannabis use. The current randomized controlled trial sought to expand the evidence regarding the context of PNC-txt effects, comparing one state in which cannabis is legal (Colorado) and one state in which it is not (Tennessee). We hypothesized that participants randomized to PNC-txt would show significant reductions in cannabis use compared to controls, with larger reductions for females and those in Colorado, and that peer relations and activity space would mediate effects. METHODS One thousand, seventy eight 18-25 year olds (CO: 551; TN: 527) who met screening criteria for CUD and biologically-verified cannabis use were randomly assigned to PNC-txt or waitlist control condition. Every other day for 4 weeks, participants assigned to PNC-txt received pre-programmed text conversations, tailored via data from the baseline assessment. Self-report and biological indicators of cannabis use were measured at 1-, 3-, and 6-months. DISCUSSION Data analysis is underway. Results will provide evidence regarding whether, and how, PNC-txt reduces cannabis use in young adults with CUD. TRIAL REGISTRATION This trial was prospectively registered on September 28, 2020 with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04567394).
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- Nikola Zaharakis
- Center for Behavioral Health Research, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 600 Henley St, Suite 221, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States.
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- Center for Behavioral Health Research, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 600 Henley St, Suite 221, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States
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- Prevention Research Center, Colorado State University, 1570 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States
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- Prevention Research Center, Colorado State University, 1570 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States
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- Prevention Research Center, Colorado State University, 1570 Campus Delivery, Fort Collins, CO 80523, United States
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- Temple University, 328 Gladfelter Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122, United States
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- The Pennsylvania State University, 107 BBH Building, University Park, PA 16802, United States
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- University of Kentucky, Patterson Office Tower #1825, Lexington, KY 40506, United States
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- Center for Behavioral Health Research, University of Tennessee Knoxville, 600 Henley St, Suite 221, Knoxville, TN 37996, United States
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Mason MJ, Coatsworth JD, Russell M, Khatri P, Bailey S, Moore M, Brown A, Zaharakis N, Trussell M, Stephens CJ, Wallis D, Hale C. Reducing Risk for Adolescent Substance Misuse with Text-Delivered Counseling to Adolescents and Parents. Subst Use Misuse 2021; 56:1247-1257. [PMID: 33985404 DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2021.1910709] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Background: Text-delivered prevention programs provide unique opportunities to deliver substance use prevention interventions to at-risk populations. Methods: A pilot randomized controlled trial was conducted to test the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary efficacy of a 4-week, automated personalized text-messaging prevention program, designed to reduce risk factors and increase protective factors associated with adolescent substance use and misuse. Sixty-nine adolescents were recruited from a Federally Qualified Health Care clinic and randomized to a text-delivered intervention, or a wait-list control condition. Simultaneously, fifty-two parents of adolescent participants were enrolled into a parenting skills text-delivered intervention. Participants completed a baseline assessment and three follow-up surveys over three-months. Adolescent saliva specimens for drug testing were collected. Results: All intervention-allocated adolescents implemented at least one of the text-based counseling recommendations and 79% indicated that they found the texts helpful. Significant intervention effects were found on risk and protective factors for substance misuse. Adolescents in the intervention group reported reduced depression symptoms (d = -.63) and anxiety symptoms (d = -.57). Relative to controls, adolescents in the intervention group maintained a higher quality of parental relationship (d = .41) and parenting skills (d = .51), suggesting a prophylactic effect. Marginal decrease in the odds of positive drug tests were found for youth in intervention group (77.1% decrease, p = 0.07) but not with controls (54.3% decrease, p = 0.42,). Conclusions: Results provide preliminary evidence in the feasibility, acceptability, and efficacy of targeting risk and protective factors that are implicated in substance use via text-delivered interventions for high-risk populations.
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- Michael J Mason
- Center for Behavioral Health Research, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Behavioral Health Research, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA
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- University of South Florida, Tampa, South Florida, USA
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- Center for Behavioral Health Research, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Behavioral Health Research, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Behavioral Health Research, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Behavioral Health Research, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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- Center for Behavioral Health Research, College of Social Work, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
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Whittaker R, McRobbie H, Bullen C, Rodgers A, Gu Y, Dobson R. Mobile phone text messaging and app-based interventions for smoking cessation. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2019; 10:CD006611. [PMID: 31638271 PMCID: PMC6804292 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd006611.pub5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 30.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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BACKGROUND Mobile phone-based smoking cessation support (mCessation) offers the opportunity to provide behavioural support to those who cannot or do not want face-to-face support. In addition, mCessation can be automated and therefore provided affordably even in resource-poor settings. This is an update of a Cochrane Review first published in 2006, and previously updated in 2009 and 2012. OBJECTIVES To determine whether mobile phone-based smoking cessation interventions increase smoking cessation rates in people who smoke. SEARCH METHODS For this update, we searched the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group's Specialised Register, along with clinicaltrials.gov and the ICTRP. The date of the most recent searches was 29 October 2018. SELECTION CRITERIA Participants were smokers of any age. Eligible interventions were those testing any type of predominantly mobile phone-based programme (such as text messages (or smartphone app) for smoking cessation. We included randomised controlled trials with smoking cessation outcomes reported at at least six-month follow-up. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS We used standard methodological procedures described in the Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of Interventions. We performed both study eligibility checks and data extraction in duplicate. We performed meta-analyses of the most stringent measures of abstinence at six months' follow-up or longer, using a Mantel-Haenszel random-effects method, pooling studies with similar interventions and similar comparators to calculate risk ratios (RR) and their corresponding 95% confidence intervals (CI). We conducted analyses including all randomised (with dropouts counted as still smoking) and complete cases only. MAIN RESULTS This review includes 26 studies (33,849 participants). Overall, we judged 13 studies to be at low risk of bias, three at high risk, and the remainder at unclear risk. Settings and recruitment procedures varied across studies, but most studies were conducted in high-income countries. There was moderate-certainty evidence, limited by inconsistency, that automated text messaging interventions were more effective than minimal smoking cessation support (RR 1.54, 95% CI 1.19 to 2.00; I2 = 71%; 13 studies, 14,133 participants). There was also moderate-certainty evidence, limited by imprecision, that text messaging added to other smoking cessation interventions was more effective than the other smoking cessation interventions alone (RR 1.59, 95% CI 1.09 to 2.33; I2 = 0%, 4 studies, 997 participants). Two studies comparing text messaging with other smoking cessation interventions, and three studies comparing high- and low-intensity messaging, did not show significant differences between groups (RR 0.92 95% CI 0.61 to 1.40; I2 = 27%; 2 studies, 2238 participants; and RR 1.00, 95% CI 0.95 to 1.06; I2 = 0%, 3 studies, 12,985 participants, respectively) but confidence intervals were wide in the former comparison. Five studies compared a smoking cessation smartphone app with lower-intensity smoking cessation support (either a lower-intensity app or non-app minimal support). We pooled the evidence and deemed it to be of very low certainty due to inconsistency and serious imprecision. It provided no evidence that smartphone apps improved the likelihood of smoking cessation (RR 1.00, 95% CI 0.66 to 1.52; I2 = 59%; 5 studies, 3079 participants). Other smartphone apps tested differed from the apps included in the analysis, as two used contingency management and one combined text messaging with an app, and so we did not pool them. Using complete case data as opposed to using data from all participants randomised did not substantially alter the findings. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS There is moderate-certainty evidence that automated text message-based smoking cessation interventions result in greater quit rates than minimal smoking cessation support. There is moderate-certainty evidence of the benefit of text messaging interventions in addition to other smoking cessation support in comparison with that smoking cessation support alone. The evidence comparing smartphone apps with less intensive support was of very low certainty, and more randomised controlled trials are needed to test these interventions.
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- Robyn Whittaker
- University of AucklandNational Institute for Health InnovationTamaki CampusPrivate Bag 92019AucklandNew Zealand1142
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- University of New South WalesNational Drug and Alcohol Research Centre22‐32 King Street,RandwickSydneyAustralia
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- University of AucklandNational Institute for Health InnovationTamaki CampusPrivate Bag 92019AucklandNew Zealand1142
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- The George Institute for Public Health321 Kent StreetSydneyAustraliaNSW 2000
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- Stockton UniversitySchool of Health SciencesGallowayNew JerseyUSA
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- University of AucklandNational Institute for Health InnovationTamaki CampusPrivate Bag 92019AucklandNew Zealand1142
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Khatib MN, Sinha A, Gaidhane AM, Simkhada P, Behere PB, Saxena D, Unnikrishnan B, Khatib A, Ahmed M, Syed ZQ. A Systematic Review on Effect of Electronic Media among Children and Adolescents on Substance Abuse. Indian J Community Med 2019; 43:S66-S72. [PMID: 30686878 PMCID: PMC6324037 DOI: 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_116_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Background: Substance abuse is one of the most significant global public health issues among youths. Electronic media has become a part of day-to-day life for all. This systematic review is undertaken to comprehensively explore the effect of electronic media on substance abuse among children and adolescents. Methodology: Two review authors independently searched various electronic databases and other sources. Selection Criteria: Randomized control trials that assessed the effect of exposure of electronic media (defined as television, internet, gaming, mobile phones/phones, and radio) among participants in the age range of 5–19 years on substance abuse were included in the review. Data Collection and Analysis: Two reviewers independently extracted data. We used an approach proposed by the Cochrane Collaboration. We used GRADE profiler to assess the overall quality of the evidence. Main Results: We retrieved 6003 studies and found 15 studies that fulfilled our inclusion criteria. Since included studies differed in the type of intervention and reporting of outcomes, we did not undertake meta-analysis and choose to describe studies narratively. Quality of evidence was rated as “very low” due to too little information or too few data to be able to reach any conclusions. Authors' Conclusions: Clinicians, policymakers, and educators to partner with caregivers and youth to support electronic media use that promotes positive outcome in these areas. Registration of Systematic Review: This systematic review has been registered at PROSPERO International prospective register of systematic reviews (Registration number: PROSPERO 2018 CRD42018086935) available at https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID = 86935.
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- Mahalaqua Nazli Khatib
- Division of Evidence Synthesis, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.,Department of Physiology, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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- Division of Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health, Indian Council of Medical Research Hqrs, New Delhi, India
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- Division of Evidence Synthesis, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Wardha, Maharashtra, India.,Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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- Centre for Public Health Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, England
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- Department of Psychiatry, DY Patil University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Epidemiology, Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
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- Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka, India.,Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
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Fanshawe TR, Halliwell W, Lindson N, Aveyard P, Livingstone‐Banks J, Hartmann‐Boyce J. Tobacco cessation interventions for young people. Cochrane Database Syst Rev 2017; 11:CD003289. [PMID: 29148565 PMCID: PMC6486118 DOI: 10.1002/14651858.cd003289.pub6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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BACKGROUND Most tobacco control programmes for adolescents are based around prevention of uptake, but teenage smoking is still common. It is unclear if interventions that are effective for adults can also help adolescents to quit. This is the update of a Cochrane Review first published in 2006. OBJECTIVES To evaluate the effectiveness of strategies that help young people to stop smoking tobacco. SEARCH METHODS We searched the Cochrane Tobacco Addiction Group's Specialized Register in June 2017. This includes reports for trials identified in CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase and PsyclNFO. SELECTION CRITERIA We included individually and cluster-randomized controlled trials recruiting young people, aged under 20 years, who were regular tobacco smokers. We included any interventions for smoking cessation; these could include pharmacotherapy, psycho-social interventions and complex programmes targeting families, schools or communities. We excluded programmes primarily aimed at prevention of uptake. The primary outcome was smoking status after at least six months' follow-up among those who smoked at baseline. DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS Two review authors independently assessed the eligibility of candidate trials and extracted data. We evaluated included studies for risk of bias using standard Cochrane methodology and grouped them by intervention type and by the theoretical basis of the intervention. Where meta-analysis was appropriate, we estimated pooled risk ratios using a Mantel-Haenszel fixed-effect method, based on the quit rates at six months' follow-up. MAIN RESULTS Forty-one trials involving more than 13,000 young people met our inclusion criteria (26 individually randomized controlled trials and 15 cluster-randomized trials). We judged the majority of studies to be at high or unclear risk of bias in at least one domain. Interventions were varied, with the majority adopting forms of individual or group counselling, with or without additional self-help materials to form complex interventions. Eight studies used primarily computer or messaging interventions, and four small studies used pharmacological interventions (nicotine patch or gum, or bupropion). There was evidence of an intervention effect for group counselling (9 studies, risk ratio (RR) 1.35, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.03 to 1.77), but not for individual counselling (7 studies, RR 1.07, 95% CI 0.83 to 1.39), mixed delivery methods (8 studies, RR 1.26, 95% CI 0.95 to 1.66) or the computer or messaging interventions (pooled RRs between 0.79 and 1.18, 9 studies in total). There was no clear evidence for the effectiveness of pharmacological interventions, although confidence intervals were wide (nicotine replacement therapy 3 studies, RR 1.11, 95% CI 0.48 to 2.58; bupropion 1 study RR 1.49, 95% CI 0.55 to 4.02). No subgroup precluded the possibility of a clinically important effect. Studies of pharmacotherapies reported some adverse events considered related to study treatment, though most were mild, whereas no adverse events were reported in studies of behavioural interventions. Our certainty in the findings for all comparisons is low or very low, mainly because of the clinical heterogeneity of the interventions, imprecision in the effect size estimates, and issues with risk of bias. AUTHORS' CONCLUSIONS There is limited evidence that either behavioural support or smoking cessation medication increases the proportion of young people that stop smoking in the long-term. Findings are most promising for group-based behavioural interventions, but evidence remains limited for all intervention types. There continues to be a need for well-designed, adequately powered, randomized controlled trials of interventions for this population of smokers.
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- Thomas R Fanshawe
- University of OxfordNuffield Department of Primary Care Health SciencesOxfordUK
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- University of OxfordNuffield Department of Primary Care Health SciencesOxfordUK
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- University of OxfordNuffield Department of Primary Care Health SciencesOxfordUK
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- University of OxfordNuffield Department of Primary Care Health SciencesOxfordUK
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Heron KE, Everhart RS, McHale SM, Smyth JM. Using Mobile-Technology-Based Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) Methods With Youth: A Systematic Review and Recommendations. J Pediatr Psychol 2017; 42:1087-1107. [PMID: 28475765 DOI: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsx078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 122] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2016] [Accepted: 04/04/2017] [Indexed: 09/19/2023] Open
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Ecological momentary assessment (EMA) methods are increasingly used in social and health sciences, but the feasibility and best practices for using EMA with youth are not yet clear. We conducted a systematic review of studies that used self-report EMA methods with youth; the goal was to identify common approaches and challenges to implementation and develop recommendations for future research. We examined 54 peer-reviewed papers that reported on 24 unique studies. Papers were evaluated using a standardized, three-dimensional coding scheme focused on the following: (1) sample characteristics; (2) EMA data collection methods (sampling duration, frequency, hardware/software); (3) study implementation methods (technical/logistical challenges, training participants, compliance). Overall, the research suggests EMA can be successfully implemented with youth (age ∼ ≥7) from diverse backgrounds, but protocol adaptations may be necessary for younger children. Study design and implementation challenges and recommendations for research on youth are provided.
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- Kristin E Heron
- Old Dominion University
- Virginia Consortium Program in Clinical Psychology, Norfolk, VA, USA
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The potential for negative peer influence has been well established in research, and there is a growing interest in how positive peer influence also impacts youth. No research, however, has concurrently examined positive and negative peer influence in the context of residential care. Clinical records for 886 residential care youth were used in a Hierarchical Linear Model analysis to examine the impact of negative and positive peer influence on naturally occurring patterns of serious problem behavior over time. Negative peer influence, where the majority of youth in a home manifested above the average number of serious behavior problems, occurred 13.7% of the time. Positive peer influence, where the majority of youth manifested no serious problem behaviors for the month, occurred 47.7% of the time. Overall, youth problem behavior improved over time. There were significantly lower rates of serious problem behavior in target youth during positive peer influence months. Conversely, there were significantly higher rates of serious problem behaviors in target youth during negative peer influence months. Negative peer influence had a relatively greater impact on target peers' serious behavior problems than did positive peer influence. Caregiver experience significantly reduced the impact of negative peer influence, but did not significantly augment positive peer influence. Months where negative peer influence was combined with inexperienced caregivers produced the highest rates of serious problem behavior. Our results support the view that residential programs for troubled youth need to create circumstances that promote positive and control for negative peer influence.
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Mennis J, Mason M, Way T, Zaharakis N. The role of tobacco outlet density in a smoking cessation intervention for urban youth. Health Place 2016; 38:39-47. [PMID: 26798960 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2015.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2015] [Revised: 12/21/2015] [Accepted: 12/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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This study investigates the role of tobacco outlet density in a randomized controlled trial of a text messaging-based smoking cessation intervention conducted among a sample of 187 primarily African American youth in a midsize U.S. city. A moderated mediation model was used to test whether the indirect effect of residential tobacco outlet density on future smoking was mediated by the intention to smoke, and whether this indirect effect differed between adolescents who received the intervention and those who did not. Results indicated that tobacco outlet density is associated with intention to smoke, which predicts future smoking, and that the indirect effect of tobacco outlet density on future smoking is moderated by the intervention. Tobacco outlet density and the intervention can be viewed as competing forces on future smoking behavior, where higher tobacco outlet density acts to mitigate the sensitivity of an adolescent to the intervention's intended effect. Smoking cessation interventions applied to youth should consider tobacco outlet density as a contextual condition that can influence treatment outcomes.
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- Jeremy Mennis
- Department of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University, 1115 W. Polett Walk, 328 Gladfelter Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA.
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- Department of Psychiatry, Division Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Director, Commonwealth Institute for Child & Family Studies Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Drug and Alcohol Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298-0489, USA.
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- Department of Computing Sciences, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, USA.
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- Commonwealth Institute for Child & Family Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University, PO Box 980489, Richmond, VA 23298-0489, USA.
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Mason M, Mennis J, Way T, Lanza S, Russell M, Zaharakis N. Time-varying effects of a text-based smoking cessation intervention for urban adolescents. Drug Alcohol Depend 2015; 157:99-105. [PMID: 26507175 PMCID: PMC4831210 DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2015.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2015] [Revised: 10/01/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Craving to smoke is understood as an important mechanism for continued smoking behavior. Identifying how smoking interventions operate on craving with particular populations is critical for advancing intervention science. This study's objective was to investigate the time-varying effect of a text-delivered smoking cessation intervention. METHODS Toward this end, we used ecological momentary assessment (EMA) data collected from a five-day, automated text-messaging smoking cessation randomized clinical trial with 200 urban adolescents. We employed a time-varying effect model (TVEM) to estimate the effects of stress (time-varying covariate) and baseline nicotine dependence level (time-invariant covariate) on craving over six months by treatment condition. The TVEM approach models behavioral change and associations of coefficients expressed dynamically and graphically represented as smooth functions of time. RESULTS Controlling for gender, age, and current smoking, differences in trajectories of craving between intervention and control conditions were apparent over the course of the study. During months 2 to 3, the association between stress and craving was significantly stronger among the control group, suggesting treatment dampens this association during this time period. The intervention also reduced the salience of baseline dependence among treatment adolescents, with craving being reduced steadily over time, while the control group increased craving over time. CONCLUSIONS These results provide insight into the time-varying nature of treatment effects for adolescents receiving a text-based smoking cessation intervention. The ability to specify when in the course of an intervention the effect is strongest is important in developing targeted and adaptive interventions that can adjust strategically with time.
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- Michael Mason
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
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- Villanova University, Villanova, PA, United States
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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- Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States
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