Individual and Family Motivational Interviews for Substance Using Truant Teens

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Enrollment

69

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 31, 2010

Primary Completion Date

January 31, 2013

Study Completion Date

July 31, 2013

Conditions
Substance Use
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Family Check-up/ Individual MI

The 2-session intervention protocol consists of an individual motivational interview plus the Family Check-Up (Dishion \& Kavanagh, 2003), a family based motivational interview. The experimental protocol provides a thorough assessment of both individual and family strengths and weaknesses with respect to substance use prevention and school attendance/performance.

BEHAVIORAL

Individual and family psychoeducation

Families in PE will return for the same number of visits as the IMI and FCU sessions of the IMI/FCU condition. An interventionist will review a set of educational materials with the parents regarding teen SU use, truancy and risk behaviors and parenting a teenager. A similar set of materials will be reviewed with the adolescent

Trial Locations (1)

02912

Brown University, Providence

Sponsors

Lead Sponsor

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Brown University

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