Background Although numerous interventions have been demonstrated to reduce targeted
adolescent risk behaviors for brief periods, sustained behavior changes covering multiple …

Objectives: To develop and evaluate an intervention (ImPACT) seeking to increase
monitoring (supervision and communication) by parents and guardians of African-American …

Context. Contemporary threats to adolescents' health are primarily the consequence of risk
behaviors and their related adverse outcomes. Identifying factors associated with …

Objective. To determine whether the addition of a parental monitoring intervention (Informed
Parents and Children Together [ImPACT]) alone or with “boosters” could enhance (either …

Purpose: To determine the stability of perceived parental monitoring over time and its long-
term effect on health risk behaviors among low-income, urban African-American children …

PURPOSE: To explore: 1) parent-adolescent discrepancies on adolscent risk involvement;
2) factors related to parental overestimates and/or underestimates of specific adolescent risk …

Objective To examine the long-term effects of an intervention combining teacher training,
parent education, and social competence training for children during the elementary grades …

CONTEXT: Adolescence marks a time when many young people engage in risky behaviors
with potential implications for long-term health. Interventions focused on adolescents' …

PURPOSE: To assess:(a) the relative impact of monitoring and peer involvement among six
cohorts of African-American youth in their mid-adolescent years, over a decade of research …

Objective. To compare parent and youth reports of the extent to which parents monitor their
adolescents and to determine whether parents' perceptions of parental monitoring are more …