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Psychosocial, school, and parent factors associated with recent smoking among early-adolescent boys and girlsB Simons-Morton
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Prev Med 28:138-48. 1999..Experimentation with smoking often begins during adolescence, but an adequate understanding of the factors associated with early initiation remains elusive...- Psychosocial predictors of increased smoking stage among sixth gradersBruce G Simons-Morton
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, Rockville, MD 20852 7510, USA
Am J Health Behav 27:592-602. 2003..To identify predictors of increases in smoking stage among sixth graders... - Impact analysis and mediation of outcomes: the Going Places programBruce Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health NIH, Rockville, Maryland 20852 7510, USA
Health Educ Behav 32:227-41. 2005..Friends who smoke mediated the program effect on adolescents' smoking progression. The protective effect of the Going Places Program on smoking progression was due in part to the prevention of increases in friends who smoke... - Gender specific trends in alcohol use: cross-cultural comparisons from 1998 to 2006 in 24 countries and regionsBruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Int J Public Health 54:199-208. 2009..To examine trends in the prevalence of monthly alcohol use and lifetime drunkenness among 15 year olds in 20 European countries, the Russian Federation, Israel, the United States of America, and Canada... - Prospective analysis of peer and parent influences on smoking initiation among early adolescentsBruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20852 7510, USA
Prev Sci 3:275-83. 2002..These findings provide evidence that antecedent parenting behaviors may protect early adolescents against smoking even in the context of negative peer affiliation... - Expectancies and other psychosocial factors associated with alcohol use among early adolescent boys and girlsB Simons-Morton
National Institutes of Health, Prevention Research Branch, DESPR, NICHD, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Addict Behav 24:229-38. 1999..Alcohol use in our sample of early adolescent boys and girls was better explained by modifiable psychosocial factors such as alcohol expectancies, perceived prevalence, and self-control than by grade... - The protective effect of parental expectations against early adolescent smoking initiationBruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20852 7510, USA
Health Educ Res 19:561-9. 2004..These findings provide evidence that parental expectations may protect early adolescents against smoking even in the context of increases in favorable attitudes and friends who smoking... - Persistence of effects of the Checkpoints program on parental restrictions of teen driving privilegesBruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, Department of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Am J Public Health 95:447-52. 2005..We describe intervention effects on parent limits on novice teenage driving... - Association of parental involvement and social competence with school adjustment and engagement among sixth gradersBruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, NIH, 6100 Executive Blvd, 7B05, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
J Sch Health 73:121-6. 2003..Findings confirm the decline in school adjustment and engagement during middle school and provide evidence that parental involvement and social competence may be protective against declines in these variables... - The effect of passengers and risk-taking friends on risky driving and crashes/near crashes among novice teenagersBruce G Simons-Morton
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland
J Adolesc Health 49:587-93. 2011..This study examined factors associated with crash/near crash and risky driving rates among novice teenagers, including driving at night versus day, passenger presence and characteristics, and driver psychosocial factors... - Increased parent limits on teen driving: positive effects from a brief intervention administered at the Motor Vehicle AdministrationBruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland 20892 7510, USA
Prev Sci 5:101-11. 2004..These results indicate that brief exposure to intervention at an MVA office may help increase parental limits on teen driving... - Prospective analysis of peer and parent influences on minor aggression among early adolescentsBruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, MD 20892 7510, USA
Health Educ Behav 31:22-33. 2004..The findings indicated that selection and previous behavior predicted peer affiliation and parenting and school engagement protected against early adolescent aggression... - Overweight, obesity, youth, and health-risk behaviorsTilda Farhat
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda MD 20892 7510, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:258-67. 2010.... - How well do parents manage young driver crash risks?Bruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Boulevard, 7B05, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
J Safety Res 34:91-7. 2003..Recent research has demonstrated that simple motivational strategies can persuade parents to adopt driving agreements and impose greater restrictions on early teen driving... - Recent findings on peer group influences on adolescent smokingBruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd Room 7B13C, Bethesda, MD, 20892 7510, USA
J Prim Prev 31:191-208. 2010..We conclude with implications for research and prevention programs... - Socio-demographic variability in adolescent substance use: mediation by parents and peersJing Wang
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Building Room 7B13 MSC 7510, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Prev Sci 10:387-96. 2009..Parental knowledge and peer substance were important mediators which largely accounted for variability in the prevalence of adolescent substance use by grade, race/ethnicity, and family structure... - The effects of the checkpoints program on parent-imposed driving limits and crash outcomes among Connecticut novice teen drivers at 6-months post-licensureBruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, DESPR, NICHD, 6100 Executive Blvd 7B13M, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
J Safety Res 37:9-15. 2006..This report describes the effect of the Checkpoints Program on parent limits on novice teen driving through six months post-licensure... - Do elevated gravitational-force events while driving predict crashes and near crashes?Bruce G Simons-Morton
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 7B13M, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510, USA
Am J Epidemiol 175:1075-9. 2012..76. The authors conclude that elevated gravitational-force event rates can be used to assess risk and to show high predictive accuracy of a near-future crash... - Crash and risky driving involvement among novice adolescent drivers and their parentsBruce G Simons-Morton
Correspondence should be sent to Bruce Simons Morton, Senior Investigator and Chief, Prevention Research Branch, DESPR, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, 6100 Executive Blvd, 7B13M, Bethesda, MD 20892 7510 Reprints can be ordered at http www ajph org by clicking the Reprints Eprints link
Am J Public Health 101:2362-7. 2011..We compared rates of risky driving among novice adolescent and adult drivers over the first 18 months of adolescents' licensure... - Infant-parent bed sharing in an inner-city populationRuth A Brenner
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Blvd, Room 7B03, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 157:33-9. 2003..Few studies have examined normative practices in low-income populations... - Parent-imposed limits on high-risk adolescent driving: are they stricter with graduated driver licensing?Jessica L Hartos
Interdisciplinary Health Studies, Minor Barnard 221, Department of Health Behavior and Administration, College of Health and Human Services, UNC Charlotte, 9201 University Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223 0001, USA
Accid Anal Prev 37:557-62. 2005..Parents in GDL states appear better able to establish and enforce adolescent driving restrictions when the licensing state stipulates, favors, and supports regulated adolescent driving... - Parenting and the young driver problemBruce G Simons-Morton
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Prev Med 35:S294-303. 2008..This article describes the contexts of and opportunities for parental involvement in teenage driving and the effectiveness of interventions to increase and improve parental management of young drivers... - Diabetes personal trainer outcomes: short-term and 1-year outcomes of a diabetes personal trainer intervention among youth with type 1 diabetesTonja R Nansel
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2471-7. 2007..To assess the social-cognitive, behavioral, and physiological outcomes of a self-management intervention for youth with type 1 diabetes... - Using the U.S. National Household Travel Survey to estimate the impact of passenger characteristics on young drivers' relative risk of fatal crash involvementMarie Claude Ouimet
Prevention Research Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Accid Anal Prev 42:689-94. 2010..Additionally, as all imputation techniques are imperfect, a more accurate estimation of U.S. fatal crash risk per distance driven would require national surveys to collect data on non-household passenger characteristics... - The effect on teen driving outcomes of the Checkpoints Program in a state-wide trialBruce G Simons-Morton
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, 6100 Executive Blvd, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Accid Anal Prev 38:907-12. 2006..However, no treatment group effect was found for crashes. This is the first study to report significant effects on teen driving behavior and performance of education designed to increase parental-imposed teen driving limits... - Translational research in child and adolescent transportation safetyBruce G Simons-Morton
Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Development
Eval Health Prof 29:33-64. 2006..The examples suggest the utility of systematic programs of research designed to improve the translation into practice of MVC and injury prevention technology and policy... - Healthy Growth: project description and baseline findingsWendell C Taylor
Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research, School of Public Health, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
Ethn Dis 12:567-77. 2002..The purpose of the primary study questions was to determine which sets of variables best predict blood pressure, physical activity, and body fat... - Vehicles driven by teenagers in their first year of licensureAllan F Williams
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, Virginia 22201, USA
Traffic Inj Prev 7:23-30. 2006..to determine access to vehicles, vehicle ownership and its correlates, and types of vehicles driven by teenagers during their first year of licensure... - An in-depth look at parent-imposed driving rules: their strengths and weaknessesJessica L Hartos
UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd, Charlotte, NC 28223 0001, USA
J Safety Res 35:547-55. 2004..With a growing interest in increasing parental involvement in teen driving, it is important to find out what parents are already doing... - Factors associated with retaliatory attitudes among African American adolescents who have been assaultedNikeea Copeland-Linder
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Division of General Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 32:760-70. 2007..b) To examine assault/event characteristics, personal, parental, and environmental factors associated with the retaliatory attitudes of adolescents who have been assaulted... - Parent-teen disagreement of parent-imposed restrictions on teen driving after one month of licensure: is discordance related to risky teen driving?Kenneth H Beck
Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, 2366 Health and Human Perf Building, College Park, Maryland 20742 2611, USA
Prev Sci 6:177-85. 2005..The findings suggest that increasing parent-teen concordance on parent-imposed driving restrictions may help reduce risky teen driving... - Parents' views of teen driving risks, the role of parents, and how they plan to manage the risksAllan F Williams
Preusser Research Group, Inc. Trumbull, CT 06611, USA
J Safety Res 37:221-6. 2006..IMPACT ON INDUSTRY: The views and existing practices of parents need to be taken into account in deciding on the provisions of graduated licensing legislation and how to best ensure acceptance and compliance... - Characterizing the teachable moment: is an emergency department visit a teachable moment for intervention among assault-injured youth and their parents?Sara B Johnson
University of California, San Francisco, CA 94118 0844, USA
Pediatr Emerg Care 23:553-9. 2007..We sought to operationalize the TM construct and to determine whether an emergency department (ED) visit was a TM for intervention among assault-injured adolescents and their parents... - Relation of parent-teen agreement on restrictions to teen risky driving over 9 monthsKenneth H Beck
Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, College Park, 20742, USA
Am J Health Behav 30:533-43. 2006..To determine the relations among parent-teen discordance for restrictions on driving conditions, driving rules, and consequences for rule violations at licensure and subsequent risky teen driving... - Parent-teen disagreement of parent-imposed restrictions on teen driving after one month of licensure: is discordance related to risky teen driving?Kenneth H Beck
Department of Public and Community Health, University of Maryland, 2366 Health and Human Perf Building, College Park, Maryland 20742 2611, USA
Prev Sci 6:259-67. 2005..The findings suggest that increasing parent-teen concordance on parent-imposed driving restrictions may help reduce risky teen driving...