Publications by authors named "N Castellanos-Ryan"
Background: Adolescent alcohol use is the norm, but only some develop a substance use disorder. The increased risk might reflect heightened mesocorticolimbic responses to reward-related cues but results published to date have been inconsistent.
Methods: Young social drinkers (age 18.
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- Parenting programs can effectively prevent and reduce behavior issues in young children, but many parents initially refuse to participate in such programs, posing a challenge for researchers and clinicians.
- A study examined the reasons behind parents' refusal to engage in a randomized control trial for the ÉQUIPE parenting program, focusing on sociodemographic, child, and parent characteristics.
- Results indicated that lower perceived parental efficacy and poorer relationship quality were linked to higher refusal rates, while parents who accepted participation tended to have higher efficacy levels and were more likely to have girls.
Background: Queer and trans (QT) youth report higher rates of cannabis use than their cisgender and heterosexual peers. Explanations for this have overwhelmingly focused on the difficulties QT youth face, while little research has examined how cannabis use can relate to QT youth's strengths. We sought to explore how cannabis use could be involved in the experiences of QT youth from a strengths-based perspective.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEffect of a selective personality-targeted prevention program on 7-year illicit substance related outcomes: A secondary analysis of a cluster randomized controlled trial.
Drug Alcohol Depend
May 2024
Background: This study evaluated the efficacy of the selective personality-targeted PreVenture program in reducing cannabis and stimulant use over a 7-year period spanning adolescence and early adulthood.
Methods: A cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted in 14 Australian schools. Schools were randomized to PreVenture, a brief personality-targeted selective intervention, comprising two 90-minute facilitator-led sessions delivered one week apart, or a control group (health education as usual).