The impact of youth internalising and externalising symptom severity on the effectiveness of brief personality-targeted interventions for substance misuse: A cluster randomised trial

Perrier-Ménard, Eveline; Castellanos‐Ryan, Natalie; O'Leary‐Barrett, Maeve; Girard, Alain; Conrod, Patricia J.

doi:10.1016/j.addbeh.2017.07.015

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“…Such interventions could be delivered in the form of teacher-delivered interactive sessions to raise awareness of the effect of psychological factors on smoking and drinking in secondary schools. Successful randomized controlled trials targeting maladaptive coping strategies and personality traits, including hopelessness, sensation seeking, anxiety and sensitivity, have been conducted in school settings in order to prevent alcohol and drug use (with no specific reference to tobacco consumption though) in high-risk adolescents [60][61][62][63].…”

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Locus of control is associated with tobacco and alcohol consumption in young adults of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

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Individuals appraise events as a consequence of their own actions (i.e. internal locus of control, LoC) or as the outcome of chance or others' will (i.e. external LoC). We hypothesized that having a more external LoC would be associated with higher risk of tobacco and alcohol use. Few studies have examined this association using large prospective data. We evaluated within the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) the associations between LoC at 16 and tobacco and alcohol consumption at 17 and 21 years using logistic regression. A more external LoC at age 16 ( N = 4656) was associated with higher odds of being a weekly smoker at age 17 (OR 1.18, 95% CI 1.10–1.25) and 21 (OR 1.14, 95% CI 1.07–1.21) and with dependence measured using the Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence at age 17 (OR 1.26, 95% CI 1.05–1.51) and 21 (OR 1.25, 95% CI 1.05–1.49). Individuals with external LoC at age 16 were more likely to be hazardous drinkers according to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test at age 17 (OR 1.09, 95% CI 1.04–1.15) but not at 21 (OR 1.01, 95% CI 0.96–1.06). Having a more external LoC at age 16 is associated with increased tobacco consumption at age 17 and 21 and alcohol consumption at 17 years. LoC may represent an intervention target for preventing substance use and dependence.

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“…Regarding research methods, the researchers evaluated the effects of various intervention programs on the externalizing problems of adolescents and found that targeted school-based interventions were more effective (Smedler et al,2015).Furthermore, research have shown that targeted interventions that prevent and reduce adolescent externalizing problems by intervening in personality are both reasonable and feasible (O' Leary-Barrett et al,2016;Edalati et al,2019;Perrier-Ménard et al, 2017). This study was based on activity theory and the theory of ow experience.Using experiential activities (Bell et al, 2014) as the carrier, the researchers designed intervention activities and conducted structured exercises in school to decrease the participating adolescents' externalizing problem behaviors (Mun et al,2015).…”

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Intervention on Externalizing Problem in Junior Middle School Students With an Undercontrolled Personality Type

Yang,

Zhang,

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The aim of this study was to intervene on personality trait behavior related to the externalization of undercontrolled junior high school students. Methods: using latent class analysis to filtrate undercontrolled junior high school students, using experiential group activities as a carrier, and formulating intervention activities including 30 activities around the seven traits related to the undercontrolled junior high school students' externalization problems. The effect of the intervention was tested by analysis of variance and T Test. Result: After one semester of intervention, the intervention effect was significant. The test results of the undercontrolled participants in experimental group was significantly lower than that in the control group, and in post-test, the personality score of experimental group was significantly higher than that of the control group. Conclusion: We discovered that he intervention program could ameliorate the externalization problem behaviors of undercontrolled junior high school students, and demonstrated a sustained promotion effect.

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“…Secondary data analysis from the Adventure cluster-randomized trial ( n = 3021) indicated that high-risk adolescents with depression and anxiety symptoms equally benefited from the interventions with regard to reduction in their alcohol use and related problems. Adolescents who reported higher symptoms of externalizing problems (ADHD and conduct problems) at baseline indicated more reduction in alcohol consumption at earlier follow-up periods (6 months post-intervention) and more reduction in their alcohol-related problems over the 24-month period compared to those with lower levels of these problems (58).…”

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A Review of Personality-Targeted Interventions for Prevention of Substance Misuse and Related Harm in Community Samples of Adolescents

Edalati

Conrod

2019

Front. Psychiatry

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Several school-based prevention programmes have been developed and used to prevent, delay, or reduce substance misuse, and related problems among community samples of adolescents. However, findings indicate that many of these interventions are associated with null, small, or mixed effects in reducing adolescent substance misuse, in particular for those mostly at risk of transitioning to substance use disorders. These findings highlight the need to shift the focus of substance use prevention efforts toward intervention strategies which directly target high-risk adolescents. The Preventure programme was designed to target four personality risk factors for substance misuse: hopelessness, anxiety sensitivity, impulsivity, and sensation seeking. This article reviews findings from the previous trials of personality-targeted interventions (i.e., Preventure programme) with adolescents and discuss the promises and benefits of these interventions for targeting community samples of high-risk adolescents at school level for reducing substance misuse and related mental health problems. Findings indicated that this programme has been successful in reducing the rates of alcohol and illicit drug use and substance-related harms by ~50% in high-risk adolescents with the effects last for up to 3 years. These interventions were also associated with a 25% reduction in likelihood of transitioning to mental health problems, such as anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and conduct problems. The programme is particularly beneficial for youth with more significant risk profiles, such as youth reporting clinically significant levels of externalizing problems, and victimized adolescents. A key strength of the Preventure programme is that it is embedded in the community and provides substance use intervention at school level to the general samples of high-risk adolescents who might not otherwise have access to those programmes.

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The impact of youth internalising and externalising symptom severity on the effectiveness of brief personality-targeted interventions for substance misuse: A cluster randomised trial

Cited by 7 publications

References 36 publications

Locus of control is associated with tobacco and alcohol consumption in young adults of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

Locus of control is associated with tobacco and alcohol consumption in young adults of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children

Intervention on Externalizing Problem in Junior Middle School Students With an Undercontrolled Personality Type

A Review of Personality-Targeted Interventions for Prevention of Substance Misuse and Related Harm in Community Samples of Adolescents

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