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| Kimberly L HenrySummaryAffiliation: Colorado State University Country: USA Publications
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School disengagement as a predictor of dropout, delinquency, and problem substance use during adolescence and early adulthoodKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, 220 Behavioral Sciences Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1876, USA
J Youth Adolesc 41:156-66. 2012..High school dropout mediates the effect of the warning index on serious problem behaviors in early adulthood...
School-related risk and protective factors associated with truancy among urban youth placed at riskKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80525 1876, USA
J Prim Prev 28:505-19. 2007..They also draw attention to the dearth of efficacious truancy prevention efforts in spite of the magnitude of the problem...
Low prosocial attachment, involvement with drug-using peers, and adolescent drug use: a longitudinal examination of mediational mechanismsKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1876, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 22:302-8. 2008..Implications for prevention strategies are discussed...
A discrete-time survival analysis of the relationship between truancy and the onset of marijuana useKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 1876, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 70:5-15. 2009..Despite truancy being a common behavior among teenagers, little research has assessed its deleterious effects. In this study, the effect of truancy on the initiation of marijuana use was examined...
Individual and contextual effects of school adjustment on adolescent alcohol useKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1876, USA
Prev Sci 10:236-47. 2009..Initiatives aimed at improving school climate may have beneficial effects on students' alcohol use...
Academic achievement and adolescent drug use: an examination of reciprocal effects and correlated growth trajectoriesKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1876, USA
J Sch Health 80:38-43. 2010..The primary aim was to examine correlated growth trajectories and reciprocal effects between academic achievement and drug use over the course of junior high school...
Truancy and escalation of substance use during adolescenceKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523 1876, USA
J Stud Alcohol Drugs 71:115-24. 2010..The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between truancy and escalation of substance use during adolescence and to explore potential mechanisms of this relationship...
Perceived parental investment in school as a mediator of the relationship between socio-economic indicators and educational outcomes in rural AmericaKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Ft Collins, CO, 80523 1876, USA
J Youth Adolesc 40:1164-77. 2011..Implications for prevention are discussed...
Age of onset of first alcohol intoxication and subsequent alcohol use among urban American Indian adolescentsKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, 220 Behavioral Sciences Building, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1876, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 25:48-56. 2011..Implications for prevention are discussed...
Use of ephedra among rural-dwelling U.S. adolescentsKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1876, USA
Subst Use Misuse 42:949-59. 2007..The highest rates of ephedra use were found among youth using other drugs, particularly stimulants. The study's limitations and implications are discussed...
Truancy's effect on the onset of drug use among urban adolescents placed at riskKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado 80523, USA
J Adolesc Health 40:358.e9-17. 2007..To examine the relationship between truancy and the onset of drug use...
The contextual effect of school attachment on young adolescents' alcohol useKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1876, USA
J Sch Health 77:67-74. 2007....
Who's skipping school: characteristics of truants in 8th and 10th gradeKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1876, USA
J Sch Health 77:29-35. 2007..The second objective is to explore associations between recent truant behavior, demographic and family characteristics, school-related risk factors, and drug use...
Deterioration of academic achievement and marijuana use onset among rural adolescentsKimberly L Henry
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1876, USA
Health Educ Res 22:372-84. 2007..Initiatives targeted at improving academic achievement and/or drug use prevention initiatives designed for poor achieving students may help to prevent initiation of marijuana use...
Physical, social, and perceived availabilities of alcohol and last month alcohol use in rural and small urban communitiesLinda R Stanley
Tri Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523 1879, USA
J Youth Adolesc 40:1203-14. 2011..The findings suggest that altering both perceived and actual availability of alcohol can potentially have strong effects on the levels of adolescent alcohol use...
Predictors of aggressive behaviors among rural middle school youthRandall C Swaim
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
J Prim Prev 27:229-43. 2006..Those who design and implement programs and polices addressing youth violence must look beyond individual variables in order to create comprehensive strategies...
Risk-taking, attitudes toward aggression, and aggressive behavior among rural middle school youthRandall C Swaim
Tri Ethnic Center for Prevention Research, Colorado State University Fort Collins 80523 1676, USA
Violence Vict 19:157-70. 2004..Level of risk-taking is an important risk factor that should be taken into account in the study of attitudes toward aggression and aggressive behavior among rural youth...
Intraindividual variability of school bonding and adolescents' beliefs about the effect of substance use on future aspirationsKimberly L Henry
University of Colorado, Institute of Behavioral Science, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
Prev Sci 6:101-12. 2005..Furthermore, a strong intraindividual effect of school bonding was observed, indicating that as a student became more or less bonded to school his/her belief that substance use could affect future aspirations similarly changed...
Alcohol use in early adolescence: the effect of changes in risk taking, perceived harm and friends' alcohol useKimberly L Henry
Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, 910 28th Street, Boulder, Colorado 80303, USA
J Stud Alcohol 66:275-83. 2005..This study instead explores the effects of changes in risk factors for individual adolescents...
The effect of active parental consent on the ability to generalize the results of an alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention trial to rural adolescentsKimberly L Henry
Social Science Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Eval Rev 26:645-55. 2002..The sample obtained under active parental consent represents students less at risk for problem behaviors than would have been obtained under passive consent procedures...
Results of a 3-year study of two methods of delivery of life skills trainingJudith R Vicary
Pennsylvania State University, 315 E Henderson, University Park, 16802, USA
Health Educ Behav 33:325-39. 2006..The results of the program, as implemented by regular classroom teachers, reflect many issues relevant to recruitment, training, implementation, adaptation, and institutionalization of prevention programming...
Combining in-school and community-based media efforts: reducing marijuana and alcohol uptake among younger adolescentsMichael D Slater
School of Communication, The Ohio State University, Columbus, 43210 1339, USA
Health Educ Res 21:157-67. 2006..114). Results suggest that an appropriately designed in-school and community-based media effort can reduce youth substance uptake. Effectiveness does not depend on the presence of an in-school prevention curriculum...
Research Grants
- Substance Use Consequences of School DisengagementKimberly Henry; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..
