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| P H TolanSummaryAffiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago Country: USA Publications
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Evaluating process in child and family interventions: aggression prevention as an examplePatrick H Tolan
Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 840 South Wood Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
J Fam Psychol 16:220-36. 2002..Path analysis validated the scales' utility in explaining key aspects of the intervention process. Implications for evaluating processes in family interventions are discussed...- Cluster analysis in family psychology researchDavid B Henry
Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Fam Psychol 19:121-32. 2005..The article concludes with some cautions for using clustering in family psychology research... - Progress and prospects in youth violence-prevention evaluationP H Tolan
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA
Am J Prev Med 12:129-31. 1996..Finally, we must recognize that the goal of evaluation is not to declare all earnest efforts effective, but to determine which efforts merit further consideration... 
Children's mental health as a primary care and concern: a system for comprehensive support and servicePatrick H Tolan
University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychiatry, Institute for Juvenile Research, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Am Psychol 60:601-14. 2005..This comprehensive, simultaneous, and integrated approach is needed to achieve real progress in children's mental health in this country...- The developmental ecology of urban males' youth violencePatrick H Tolan
Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612 7347, USA
Dev Psychol 39:274-91. 2003..Although the overall set of relations does not satisfy mediation requirements fully in all instances, the model was validated for the most part, supporting a focus on a multilevel ecological model of influences on risk development... - Family violencePatrick Tolan
Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60608, USA
Annu Rev Psychol 57:557-83. 2006..This review focuses on current knowledge related to these problems and suggests integrative steps to advance knowledge... - Supporting families in a high-risk setting: proximal effects of the SAFEChildren preventive interventionPatrick Tolan
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 72:855-69. 2004..High-risk youth showed improvement in problem behaviors and social competence. Results support a family-focused intervention that addresses risk in low-income communities as managing abnormal challenges... - Emerging themes and challenges in understanding youth violence involvementP H Tolan
Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, 907 South Wolcott, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Clin Child Psychol 30:233-9. 2001..Current knowledge status, needed further research, clinical implications (preventive and treatment), and relevant policy issues are noted... 
The benefits of booster interventions: evidence from a family-focused prevention programPatrick H Tolan
Institute of Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
Prev Sci 10:287-97. 2009..The study also suggests need for more careful study of processes related to booster effects in prevention, including comparison of competing models...- Patterns of family functioning and adolescent outcomes among urban African American and Mexican American familiesD Gorman-Smith
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago 60612, USA
J Fam Psychol 14:436-57. 2000..The importance of considering socioeconomic status and community context when evaluating minority parenting and family functioning is discussed... - Adaptive coping reduces the impact of community violence exposure on violent behavior among African American and Latino male adolescentsSonya S Brady
Department of Psychiatry, Health Psychology Program, University of California, San Francisco, 3333 California St, Ste 465, P O Box 0848, San Francisco, CA 94118 0848, USA
J Abnorm Child Psychol 36:105-15. 2008..Interventions targeting the enhancement of coping skills may be an effective method of reducing the impact of CVE on adolescent violent behavior... - Exposure to community violence and violence perpetration: the protective effects of family functioningDeborah Gorman-Smith
Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Juvenile Research, 840 S Wood M C 747, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 33:439-49. 2004.... - Predictors of participation in a family-focused preventive intervention for substance useDeborah Gorman-Smith
Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 16:S55-64. 2002..Ethnicity, marital status, parental antisocial behavior, economic and loss stressors, monitoring, and child's depression and hyperactivity were significant discriminators of group membership... - Research Review: 'Ain't misbehavin': Towards a developmentally-specified nosology for preschool disruptive behaviorLauren S Wakschlag
Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60608 1264, USA
J Child Psychol Psychiatry 51:3-22. 2010..Further, more precisely defined, developmentally based phenotypes are likely to elucidate distinct mechanisms within translational studies and to serve as a catalyst for the generation of novel treatments... - Longitudinal family and peer group effects on violence and nonviolent delinquencyD B Henry
Institute for Juvenile Research M C 747, University of Illinois at Chicago, 907 South Wolcott Avenue, Chicago, IL 60612 7347, USA
J Clin Child Psychol 30:172-86. 2001..Effects varied somewhat due to gang membership and ethnicity... - What violence prevention research can tell us about developmental psychopathologyPatrick H Tolan
Institute for Juvenile Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, 60612, USA
Dev Psychopathol 14:713-29. 2002.... - Community-Based multiple family groups to prevent and reduce violent and aggressive behavior: the GREAT Families ProgramEmilie Phillips Smith
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Am J Prev Med 26:39-47. 2004..This work can inform us about necessary approaches and procedures to engage and support families in efforts to reduce individual and school grade-level violence and aggression... - International trends in bullying and children's health: giving them due considerationPatrick H Tolan
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 158:831-2. 2004
Research Grants
- Developmental Evaluation of Prevention Effects of the SAFE Children InterventionPatrick Tolan; Fiscal Year: 2007....