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Mania Symptoms and HIV-Risk Behavior among Adolescents in Mental Health Treatment
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Stewart, Angela J.; Theodore-Oklota, Christina; Hadley, Wendy; Brown, Larry K.; Donenberg, Geri; DiClemente, Ralph – Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 2012
This study explored whether adolescents with elevated symptoms of mania (ESM+) engage in more HIV risk behaviors than those with other psychiatric disorders and examined factors associated with HIV risk behavior among ESM+ adolescents. Eight hundred forty adolescents (56% female, 58% African American, "M" age = 14.9 years) who received mental…
Descriptors: Sexuality, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Self Efficacy, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Crack and Cocaine Use among Adolescents in Psychiatric Treatment: Associations with HIV Risk
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Tolou-Shams, Marina; Feldstein Ewing, Sarah W. Tarantino, Nicholas; Brown, Larry K. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2010
Crack and cocaine use among adults has been associated with co-occurring psychiatric disorders as well as other drug use and unprotected sex. However, this issue is relatively unstudied in adolescents. This study collected data from 282 adolescents (mean age = 14.9 years) treated in intensive psychiatric treatment settings to understand the…
Descriptors: Cocaine, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Drug Use, Adolescents
Safe Thinking and Affect Regulation (STAR): Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention in Alternative/Therapeutic Schools
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Brown, Larry K.; Nugent, Nicole R.; Houck, Christopher D.; Lescano, Celia M.; Whiteley, Laura B.; Barker, David; Viau, Lisa; Zlotnick, Caron – Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2011
Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of Safe Thinking and Affect Regulation (STAR), a 14-session HIV-prevention program for adolescents at alternative/therapeutic schools. Because these youth frequently have difficulties with emotions and cognitions, it was designed to improve sexuality-specific affect management and cognitive monitoring, as…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Control Groups, Self Efficacy, Prevention
Psychiatric Disorders and Sexual Risk among Adolescents in Mental Health Treatment
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Brown, Larry K.; Hadley, Wendy; Stewart, Angela; Lescano, Celia; Whiteley, Laura; Donenberg, Geri; DiClemente, Ralph – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 2010
Objective: To examine the relationship between psychiatric disorders and sexual behaviors among adolescents receiving mental health treatment. Adolescents in mental health treatment have been found to have higher rates of HIV risk behavior than their peers, but data concerning the relationship between psychopathology and risk are inconsistent and…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Mental Health
A Brief Screening Measure of Adolescent Risk Behavior
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Lescano, Celia M.; Hadley, Wendy S.; Beausoleil, Nancy I.; Brown, Larry K.; D'eramo, Domenic; Zimskind, Abigail – Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 2007
This study examined the factor structure and reliability of a brief but comprehensive measure, the adolescent risk inventory (ARI), designed to assess adolescent risk behaviors and attitudes. Measures assessing demographics and risk behaviors were administered to 134 youth (ages 12-19) in psychiatric treatment. A confirmatory factor analysis of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Reliability
Sexual Abuse and Adolescent HIV Risk: A Group Intervention Framework
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Lescano, Celia M.; Brown, Larry K.; Puster, Kristie L.; Miller, Paul M. – Journal of HIV/AIDS Prevention in Children & Youth, 2004
Adolescents with a history of sexual abuse are at particular risk for HIV because of difficulties with affect regulation and dysfunctional thinking that are thought to be sequelae of the abuse. These difficulties can lead to impulsivity and failure to assertively set limits in sexual situations. Cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) has frequently been…
Descriptors: Intervention, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Prevention
Self-Esteem and Theoretical Mediators of Safer Sex among African American Female Adolescents: Implications for Sexual Risk Reduction Interventions
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Salazar, Laura F.; Crosby, Richard A.; DiClemente, Ralph J.; Wingood, Gina M.; Lescano, Celia M.; Brown, Larry K.; Harrington, Kathy; Davies, Susan – Health Education & Behavior, 2005
Theories of health behavior posit that change is accomplished by modifying factors deemed as mediators. A set of mediators from several theoretical models used in sexual risk reduction programs was assessed among a sample of 522 African American female adolescents. The goal was to determine whether self-esteem was associated with sexually…
Descriptors: Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Health Behavior, Pregnancy, At Risk Persons