Two-year outcomes of a randomized, family-based substance use prevention trial for Asian American adolescent girls.

摘要: Asian Americans have been largely ignored in the prevention outcome literature. In this study, we tested a parent-child program with sample of American adolescent girls and their mothers, evaluated program’s efficacy on decreasing girls’ substance use, modifying risk protective factors at individual, family, peer levels. One hundred eight mother-daughter dyads recruited through online advertisements from community service agencies were randomly assigned to an intervention arm (n = 56) or test-only control 52). The consisted nine-session abuse program, delivered entirely online. Guided by family interaction theory, aimed strengthen quality relationships mothers while increasing resilience resist use. Intent-to-treat analyses showed that 2-year follow-up, intervention-arm had significantly higher levels closeness, communication, maternal monitoring, rules against use compared control-arm dyads. Intervention-arm also sustained improvement self-efficacy refusal skills, lower intentions substances future. Most important, reported fewer instances alcohol marijuana prescription drug misuse relative girls. study suggests culturally generic, family-based was efficacious enhancing relationships, improving resiliency, preventing behaviors among