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Jessika H. Bottiani, Sarah Lindstrom Johnson, Katrina J. Debnam, Catherine Bradshaw

Introduction: School stakeholders, including students, staff, and parents, often differ in their perceptions of school climate, making a multiple informant...

Helene Eng, Monica Martinussen, Charlotte Reedtz, Joshua Patras, Simon-Peter Neumer

Background: Although knowledge about effective interventions for children and adolescents is regularly made available through scientific journals, most...

Marit Loetveit Pedersen, Solveig I Holen, Simon-Peter Neumer, Kristin Martinsen, Lene-Mari Potulski Rasmussen, Frode Adolfsen, Joshua Patras, Mona Elisabeth Løvaas, Anne Mari Sund

Introduction: Several studies have shown a reciprocal...

Christopher Mehus, Jennifer L. Doty, Gary C. K. Chan, Adrian B. Kelly, Richard F. Catalano, John Toumbourou, Barbara McMorris

Introduction: Parents and peer contexts both impact the development of adolescent substance misuse. The Social...

Jo Holliday, Thomas Littlejohns, Naomi Allen, Nicola Doherty, Cathie Sudlow

Introduction: In an increasingly digital environment, web-based questionnaires are a convenient and cost-effective way of collecting data from participants in...

Lourdes Molleda, Yannine Estrada, Tae Kyoung Lee, Sofia Poma, Monica Bahamon, Ana Quevedo Teran, Cecilia Condo Tamayo, Hilda M. Pantin, Guillermo Prado

Introduction: Familias Unidas, an evidence-based, parent-centered preventive...

Malin Anniko, Maria Tillfors

Introduction: Stress and stress-related problems such as symptoms of anxiety, depression, stress and worry is a widespread and growing problem amongst Swedish adolescents, especially girls. Similar trends have...

Deinera Exner-Cortens, David A Wolfe, J. Bruce Morton, Claire V Crooks

Introduction: Promoting healthy relationships is increasingly recognized as key to violence prevention; however, evaluation of healthy relationships programs for youth...

Deinera Exner-Cortens, Debb Hurlock, Pam Krause

Introduction: A large body of research demonstrates that adolescence is a key period for promoting healthy relationship skills as part of efforts to prevent bullying and dating violence...

Serena Bauducco, Ida Flink, Steven Linton

Introduction: Growing evidence shows that adolescents are at risk for sleep deprivation, which has serious consequences on adolescents´ functioning, including emotional and physical health, and...

Ietza Bojorquez, Rosa M Aguilera-Guzman, Adrian Aguilera, Silvia Mejia

Introduction: Deportations of Mexican migrants who had been living in the United States for extended periods of time increased during the past decade. As an event of...

Tobias H. Elgan, Anna K Strandberg, Johanna Gripenberg

Introduction: Depending on how the problem is defined, between 5-20% of all Swedish children grow up with parents having substance use and/or mental health problems, which puts the...

Johanna Gripenberg, Tobias Elgán, Sven Andréasson

Introduction: In 1996, an alcohol prevention program in Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) targeting licensed premises was initiated by STAD (Stockholm Prevents Alcohol and Drug Problems)...

Olivier Gaudet, Justin Vollet, Marie-Helene Veronneau, Thomas Kindermann, Cécile Mathys

Introduction: Self-esteem influences youth’s mental and physical health (Tzesniewski et al., 2006) and is central to adolescent development. During...

Kannikar Nolrajsuwat

Introduction: The Thailand culturally adapted version of the Strengthening Families Program (12-16) was evaluated for high risk 12 to 17-year-olds. After the success of the SFP 6-11 in Thailand, the Thailand juvenile...

Anilena Mejia Lynch

Introduction: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has invested widely in the dissemination and implementation of the Strengthening Families Program 10-14 (SFP 10-14) in Central America. SFP 10-14 is a family...

Carmen Orte

Introduction: The Family Competence Program (FCP) for 12 to 16-year-old teenagers is the Spanish adaptation of the Strengthening Families Program (SFP) (Kumpfer & DeMarsh, 1985). This EBI consisted of 14 sessions that target...

Ha Yeon Kim, Lindsay Brown

Introduction: The world currently faces the largest refugee crisis since WWII[1]. Lebanon alone, a nation of approximately 4 million citizens, is sheltering over 1 million registered Syrian refugees. The...

Marie-Helene Veronneau, Lisa Serbin, Kathleen Kennedy-Turner, Dale M. Stack, Alex Schwartzman, Jane Ledingham

Introduction: Educational attainment predicts health and well-being throughout the lifespan. Although educational attainment is...

Katholiki Georgiades, Anna Kata, Laura Duncan, Michael Boyle

Introduction: Reducing inequalities in child mental health constitutes an important public health priority in Canada, and schools represent an ideal context for effective action...