Publications
This is a list of articles, chapters, and commentaries written by PPSI scientists and collaborators from other research institutions.
] (2002). Longitudinal substance initiation outcomes for a universal preventive intervention combining family and school programs. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors, 16(2), 129-134.
(1997). A prospective validation study of inclination, belief, and context predictors of family-focused prevention involvement. Family Process, 36(4), 403-429.
(1999). A protective process model of parent-child affective quality and child mastery effects on oppositional behaviors: A test and replication. Journal Of School Psychology, 37(1), 49-71.
(1999). Engaging families in longitudinal preventive intervention research: Discrete-time survival analysis of socioeconomic and social-emotional risk factors. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 67(1), 157-163.
(1999). Alcohol initiation outcomes of universal family-focused preventive interventions: One- and two-year follow-ups of a controlled study. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol, Supplement 13, 103-111.
(2000). Reducing adolescents' aggressive and hostile behaviors: Randomized trial effects of a brief family intervention 4 years past baseline. Archives Of Pediatrics And Adolescent Medicine, 154(12), 1248-1257.
(2000). Modeling factors influencing enrollment in family-focused preventive intervention research. Prevention Science, 1(4), 213-225.
(2000). Research on family engagement in preventive interventions: Toward improved use of scientific findings in primary prevention practice. The Journal Of Primary Prevention, 21(2), 267-284.
(2001). Randomized trial of brief family interventions for general populations: Adolescent substance use outcomes 4 years following baseline. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 69(4), 627-642.
(1996). A model of the effects of protective parent and peer factors on young adolescent alcohol refusal skills. The Journal Of Primary Prevention, 16(4), 373-394.
(2002). Project Family prevention trials based in community-university partnerships: Toward scaled-up preventive interventions. Prevention Science, 3(3), 203-221.
(2002). Family-centered preventive intervention science: Toward benefits to larger populations of children, youth, and families. Prevention Science, 3(3), 145-152.
(2003). A framework for building community-partnership capacity to promote youth development and prevent substance-related problems: Practitioner and scientist tasks, resources and issues. Unpublished manuscript written for Annenberg Adolescent Mental Health Commission.
(2005). Toward a comprehensive strategy for effective practitioner-scientist partnerships and larger-scale community health and well-being. American Journal Of Community Psychology, 35(3/4), 107-126.
(1995). Teacher perceptions of risk and protective factors for substance use among Iowa K‑8 school children. Research Monograph Report to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Iowa Department of Public Health. Ames, IA: Iowa State University, Social and Behavioral Research Center for Rural Health.
(1995). Parent reported risk and protective factors for substance use among Iowa elementary and middle school children. Research Monograph Report to the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention and the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment for the Iowa Department of Public Health. Ames, IA: Iowa State University, Social and Behavioral Research Center for Rural Health.
(2001). Rural-urban differences in the distribution of parent-reported risk factors for substance use among young adolescents. Journal Of Substance Abuse, 13(4), 609-623.
(1993). Consumer-focused data collection in prevention program evaluation: Rationale and illustrations. Evaluation And The Health Professions, 16(3), 278-294.
(1999). Project Family: A partnership integrating research with the practice of promoting family and youth competencies. In Serving Children and Families Through Community-University Partnerships: Success Stories (Vol. 1, pp. 127-137). New York: Springer Science & Business Media .
(1995). Parent motivation to enroll in parenting skills programs: A model of family context and health belief predictors. Journal Of Family Psychology, 9(3), 294-310.
(2018). Sources of bias in Gorman critique of bias: again a need for more reasonable, valid conclusions with true dialogue. Psychological Medicine, 48(04), 697-700. Retrieved from https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S0033291717002951/type/journal_article
(2017). PROSPER delivery of universal preventive interventions with young adolescents: Long-term effects on emerging adult substance misuse and associated risk behaviors. Psychological Medicine, 47(13), 2246-2259.
(2016). Replicating and extending a model of effects of universal preventive intervention during early adolescence on young adult substance misuse. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 84(10), 913-921.
(1993). Stage of quitting and motivational factors relevant to smoking cessation program choices. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors, 7(1), 29-42.
(1993). Study of participation barriers in family-focused prevention: Research issues and preliminary results. International Quarterly Of Community Health Education, 13(4), 365-388.
(1993). Identifying program preferences through conjoint analysis: Illustrative results from a parent sample. American Journal Of Health Promotion, 8(2), 124-133.
(1993). Survey of prevention-relevant beliefs and efforts to enhance parenting skills among rural parents. The Journal Of Rural Health, 9(3), 227-239.
(1994). Effective recruitment of parents into family-focused prevention research: A comparison of two strategies. Psychology And Health, 9(5), 353-370.
(2004). Brief family intervention effects on adolescent substance initiation: School-level growth curve analyses 6 years following baseline. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 72(3), 535-542.
(1996). Barriers to participation in family skills preventive interventions and their evaluations: A replication and extension. Family Relations, 45(3), 247-254.
(1996). Illustrating a framework for rural prevention research: Project Family studies of rural family participation and outcomes. In Preventing Childhood Disorders, Substance Abuse, and Delinquency (pp. 299-328). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
(1996). A theory-based parent competency model incorporating intervention attendance effects. Family Relations, 45(2), 139-147.
(1993). Sociodemographic factors and parent beliefs relevant to the prevention of adolescent behavior problems. Family Perspective, 27(3), 285-303.
(1996). Protective factors and young adolescent tendency to abstain from alcohol use: A model using two waves of intervention study data. American Journal Of Community Psychology, 24(6), 749-770.
(1997). Implementing universal competency-training interventions with rural families of young adolescents. Unpublished manuscript.
(1997). Challenges in defining and developing the field of rural mental disorder preventive intervention research. American Journal Of Community Psychology, 25(4), 425-448. Retrieved from http://link.springer.com/journal/10464/25/4/page/1
(1998). Direct and indirect latent-variable parenting outcomes of two universal family-focused preventive interventions: Extending a public health-oriented research base. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 66(2), 385-399.
(1998). Family-focused prevention intervention research: A pragmatic perspective on issues and future directions. In Drug Abuse Prevention Through Family Interventions. NIDA Research Monograph 177 (pp. 459-510). Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse. Retrieved from https://archives.drugabuse.gov/pdf/monographs/monograph177/459-510_Spoth.pdf
(2011). Impact challenges in community science-with-practice: Lessons from PROSPER on transformative practitioner-scientist partnerships and prevention infrastructure development. American Journal Of Community Psychology, 48(1-2), 106-119.
(2006). Universality of effects: An examination of the comparability of long-term family intervention effects on substance use across risk-related subgroups. Prevention Science, 7(2), 209-224.
(1999). Assessing a public health approach to delay onset and progression of adolescent substance use: Latent transition and log-linear analyses of longitudinal family preventive intervention outcomes. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 67(5), 619-630.
(2011). Translating family-focused prevention science into public health impact: Illustrations from partnership-based research. Alcohol Research And Health, 34(2), 188-203. Retrieved from http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh342/188-203.htm
(2014). Universal family-focused intervention with young adolescents: effects on health-risking sexual behaviors and STDs among young adults. Prevention Science, 15(Supplement 1), S47-S58.
(2013). Addressing core challenges for the next generation of type 2 translation research and systems: The translation science to population impact (TSci Impact) framework. Prevention Science, 14(4), 319-351.
(2013). Longitudinal effects of universal preventive intervention on prescription drug misuse: Three randomized controlled trials with late adolescents and young adults. American Journal Of Public Health, 103(4), 665-672.
(2013). PROSPER community-university partnership delivery system effects on substance misuse through 6½ years past baseline from a cluster randomized controlled intervention trial. Preventive Medicine, 56(3-4), 190-196.
(2011). Preventing substance misuse through community-university partnerships: Randomized controlled trial outcomes 4½ years past baseline. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine, 40(4), 440-447.
(2012). Benefits of universal intervention effects on a youth protective shield 10 years after baseline. Journal Of Adolescent Health, 50(4), 414-417.
(2006). Long-term effects of universal preventive interventions on methamphetamine use among adolescents. Archives Of Pediatrics And Adolescent Medicine, 160(9), 876-882.
(2008). Preventive interventions addressing underage drinking: State of the evidence and steps toward public health impact. Pediatrics, 121(Supplement 4), S311-S336.
(2008). Translating family-focused prevention science into effective practice: Toward a translational impact paradigm. Current Directions In Psychological Science, 17(6), 415-421.
(2009). Universal intervention effects on substance use among young adults mediated by delayed adolescent substance initiation. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 77(4), 620-632.
(2007). Substance-use outcomes at 18 months past baseline: The PROSPER community-university partnership trial. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine, 32(5), 395-402.
(2008). Increasing School Success Through Partnership-Based Family Competency Training: Experimental Study of Long-Term Outcomes. School Psychology Quarterly, 23(1), 70-89.
(2007). PROSPER study of evidence-based intervention implementation quality by community-university partnerships. Journal Of Community Psychology, 35(8), 981-999.
(2007). Toward dissemination of evidence-based family interventions: Maintenance of community-based partnership recruitment results and associated factors. Journal Of Family Psychology, 21(2), 137-146.
(2008). Substance use outcomes 5½ years past baseline for partnership-based, family-school preventive interventions. Drug And Alcohol Dependence, 96(1-2), 57-68.
(2007). Opportunities to meet challenges in rural prevention research: Findings from an evolving community-university partnership model. Journal Of Rural Health, 23(Supplement s1), 42-54.
(2002). Two studies of proximal outcomes and implementation quality of universal preventive interventions in a community-university collaboration context. Journal Of Community Psychology, 30(5), 499-518.
(2006). Gender-related quality of parent-child interactions and early adolescent problem behaviors: Exploratory study with midwestern samples. Journal Of Family Issues, 27(6), 826-849.
(2008). Finding a path to more reasonable conclusions about prevention: A response to Midford. Addiction, 103(7), 1171-1173.
(2009). Further clear examples of the need for more reasonable conclusions and critiques about prevention. Addiction, 104(1), 154-155.
(2009). Overview of preventive interventions addressing underage drinking: State of the evidence and steps toward public health impact. Alcohol Research And Health, 32(1), 53-66. Retrieved from http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/arh321/53-66.htm
(1995). A controlled parenting skills outcome study examining individual difference and attendance effects. Journal Of Marriage And The Family, 57(2), 449-464.
(1998). Risk moderation of parent and child outcomes in a preventive intervention: A test and replication. American Journal Of Orthopsychiatry, 68(4), 565-579.
(1997). Applying readily accessible graphical techniques to assess curvilinear relationships and detect outliers. The case of protective family processes. Evaluation And The Health Professions, 20(3), 353-364.
(1996). Illustration of a market segmentation technique using family-focused prevention program preference data. Health Education Research, 11(2), 259-267.
(2005). Randomized study of combined universal family and school preventive interventions: Patterns of long-term effects on initiation, regular use, and weekly drunkenness. Psychology Of Addictive Behaviors, 19(4), 372-381.
(2009). Universal intervention as a protective shield against exposure to substance use: Long-term outcomes and public health significance. American Journal Of Public Health, 99(11), 2026-2033.
(2002). Universal family-focused interventions in alcohol-use disorder prevention: Cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses of two interventions. Journal Of Studies On Alcohol, 63(2), 219-228.
(2003). Exploratory study of a preventive intervention with general population African American families. Journal Of Early Adolescence, 23(4), 435-468.
(2011). Six-year sustainability of evidence-based intervention implementation quality by community-university partnerships: The PROSPER study. American Journal Of Community Psychology, 48(3-4), 412-425.
(2004). PROSPER community-university partnership model for public education systems: Capacity-building for evidence-based, competence-building prevention. Prevention Science, 5(1), 31-39.
(2015). Research on the Strengthening Families Program for Parents and Youth 10-14: Long-term effects, mechanisms, translation to public health, PROSPER partnership scale up. In Handbook of Adolescent Drug Use Prevention: Research, Intervention Strategies, and Practice (pp. 267-292). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
(2014). Replication RCT of early universal prevention effects on young adult substance misuse. Journal Of Consulting And Clinical Psychology, 82(6), 949-963.
(2015). PROSPER partnership delivery system: Effects on adolescent conduct problem behavior outcomes through 6.5 years past baseline. Journal Of Adolescence, 45, 44-55.
(2015). Mixed picture of readiness for adoption of evidence-based prevention programs in communities: Exploratory surveys of state program delivery systems. American Journal Of Community Psychology, 55(3-4), 253-265.
(2008). Long-term effects of universal preventive interventions on prescription drug misuse. Addiction, 103(7), 1160-1168.