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Differential Susceptibility to Prevention: GABAergic, Dopaminergic, and Multilocus Effects
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Brody, Gene H.; Chen, Yi-fu; Beach, Steven R. H. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2013
Background: Randomized prevention trials provide a unique opportunity to test hypotheses about the interaction of genetic predispositions with contextual processes to create variations in phenotypes over time. Methods: Using two longitudinal, randomized prevention trials, molecular genetic and alcohol use outcome data were gathered from more than…
Descriptors: Prevention, Genetics, Drinking, At Risk Persons
The Strong African American Families Program: A Cluster-Randomized Prevention Trial of Long-Term Effects and a Mediational Model
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Brody, Gene H.; Murry, Velma McBride; Kogan, Steven M.; Gerrard, Meg; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Molgaard, Virginia; Brown, Anita C.; Anderson, Tracy; Chen, Yi-fu; Luo, Zupei; Wills, Thomas Ashby – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2006
The Strong African American Families Program, a universal preventive intervention to deter alcohol use among rural African American adolescents, was evaluated in a cluster-randomized prevention trial. This 7-week family skills training program is based on a contextual model in which intervention effects on youth protective factors lead to changes…
Descriptors: African American Family, Family Programs, Program Evaluation, Prevention
Parent-Child Relationships, Family Problem-Solving Behavior, and Sibling Relationship Quality: The Moderating Role of Sibling Temperaments.
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Brody, Gene H.; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Observed parent-child relationships, sibling relationships, and family problem solving, and obtained parent-reported child temperament assessments. Found that links among mother-older child relationship quality, father-older child relationship quality, and sibling relationship quality were moderated by the older sibling's temperament. The…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Fathers, Parent Child Relationship, Personality
Sibling Relationships in Rural African American Families.
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Brody, Gene H.; Stoneman, Zolinda; Smith, Trellis; Gibson, Nicole Morgan – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1999
A family process model was used to link mothers' and fathers' psychological functioning to sibling relationship quality in a sample of 9- to 12-year-old African American youth (N=85) living in the rural Southeastern United States. Better parental psychological functioning was linked to more supportive relationships in the family, and youth in…
Descriptors: Blacks, Family Influence, Fathers, Mothers
The Influence of Neighborhood Disadvantage, Collective Socialization, and Parenting on African American Children's Affiliation with Deviant Peers.
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Brody, Gene H.; Ge, Xiaojia; Conger, Rand; Gibbons, Frederick X.; Murry, Velma McBride; Gerrard, Meg; Simons, Ronald L. – Child Development, 2001
Used a hierarchical linear model to examine contributions of neighborhood disadvantage, collective socialization, and parenting to African American 10- to 12-year-olds' affiliation with deviant peers. Found that community disadvantage had a significant positive effect on deviant peer affiliations. Nurturant/involved parenting and collective…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Black Youth, Community Characteristics, Delinquency
Health Consequences of Alcohol Use in Rural America.
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Brody, Gene H.; Neubaum, Eileen; Boyd, Gayle M.; Dufour, Mary – 1997
Results of three national surveys suggest that the prevalence of drinking was lower in nonmetropolitan areas than in metropolitan areas. However, nonmetro and metro areas were similar in the presence of risk for heavy, dependent, and problem drinking. Therefore, they probably share similar risks for health consequences of such levels of…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Black Youth, Drinking, Epidemiology