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WEBSITES
- Information on Substance Use
- SAMHSA - Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- NIAAA - National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
- NIDA - National Institute on Drug Abuse
- American Lung Association - Facts and figures related to smoking among adolescents and teens
- Motivational Interviewing Websites
- MINT - Excellence in Motivational Interviewing
- MI Resources - Blogs, books, links, and multimedia from MINT
- Norms Data for Teens Ages 13-19
- Websites for Teens
- NIDA for Teens - The Science Behind Drug Abuse
- The Cool Spot - The young teen's place for info on alcohol and resisting peer pressure
- Brain Research
- OARS
ARTICLES
- CHOICE Study Articles
D'Amico, E. J., Tucker, J. S., Miles, J. N. V., Zhou, A. J., Shih, R. A, & Green, H. D. (2012). Preventing alcohol use with a voluntary after-school program for middle school students: Results from a randomized controlled trial of CHOICE. Prevention Science, 13(4), 415-25. PMCID: PMC3353018
D'Amico, E.J., Green, H.D., Miles, J.N.V., Zhou, A. J., Tucker, J. S., & Shih, R.A. (2012). Voluntary after school alcohol and drug programs: If you build it right, they will come. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 22(3), 571–582. PMCID: PMC3353018
D'Amico, E. J., & Edelen-Orlando, M. (2007). Pilot test of Project CHOICE: A voluntary after school intervention for middle school youth. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21(4), 592-598.
D'Amico, E. J., & McCarthy, D. M. (2006). Escalation and initiation of younger adolescents’ substance use: The impact of perceived peer use. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(4), 481-487.
D'Amico, E. J. (2005). Factors that impact adolescents' intentions to utilize alcohol-related prevention services. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 32(3), 331-339.
D'Amico, E. J., Ellickson, P. L., Wagner, E. F., Turrisi, R., Fromme, K., Ghosh-Dastidar, B.,...Wright, D. (2005). Developmental considerations for substance use interventions from middle school through college. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 29(3), 474-483.
Edelen, M. O., Tucker, J. S., & D'Amico, E. J. (2015). Spreading the word: A process evaluation of a voluntary AOD prevention program. The American Journal on Addictions, 24(4):315-22. PMCID: PMC4426036
Kilmer, B., Burgdorf, J. R., D’Amico, E. J., Miles, J. N. V., & Tucker, J. (2011). A multisite cost analysis of a school-based voluntary alcohol and drug prevention program. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 72(5):823-31. PMCID: PMC3174026
McCarthy, D. M., Pedersen, S. L., & D’Amico, E. J. (2009). Analysis of item response and differential item functioning of alcohol expectancies in middle school youth. Psychological Assessment, 23(3), 444-449. PMCID: PMC2842124
Miles, J. N. V., Shih, R. A., Tucker, J. S., Zhou, A. J., & D’Amico, E. J. (2012). Assessing measurement invariance of familism and parental respect across race/ethnicity in adolescents. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 12(61), 1-10. PMCID: PMC3447643
Ober, A. J., Miles, J.N.V., Ewing, B., Tucker, J.S., & D’Amico, E. J. (2013). Risk for inhalant initiation among middle school students: Understanding individual, family, and peer risk and protective factors. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 74(6).
Pedersen, E. R., Miles, J. N. V., Ewing, B. A., Shih, R. A., Tucker, J. S., & D'Amico, E. J. (2013). A longitudinal examination of alcohol, marijuana, and cigarette perceived norms among middle school adolescents. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2013.08.008.
Shih, R. A., Tucker, J. S., Miles, J. N. V., Ewing, B. Pedersen, E., & D'Amico, E. J. (2015). Differences in substance use and substance use risk factors by Asian subgroups. Asian American Journal of Psychology.
Shih, R. A., Miles, J. N. V., Tucker, J. S., Zhou, A. J., & D'Amico, E. J. (2012). Racial/ethnic differences in the influence of cultural values, alcohol resistance self-efficacy, and expectancies on risk for alcohol initiation. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26(3), 460-470. PMCID: PMC3445716
Shih, R. A., Miles, J. N. V., Tucker, J. S., Zhou, A. J., & D'Amico, E. J. (2010). Racial/ethnic differences in adolescent substance use: Mediation by individual, family, and school factors. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 71(5), 640-651. PMCID: PMC2930496
Tucker, J. S., Miles, J. N. V., & D’Amico, E. J. (2013). Cross-lagged associations between substance use-related media exposure and alcohol use during middle school. Journal of Adolescent Health, 53(4), 460-464.
Tucker, J. S., Miles, J. N. V., D’Amico, E. J., Zhou, A. J., Green, H. D., & Shih, R. A. (2012). Temporal associations of popularity and alcohol use among middle school students. Journal of Adolescent Health, 52(1), 108–115. PMCID: PMC3533252
Tucker, J. S., Green, H., Zhou, A. J., Shih, R. A., Miles, J. N., & D’Amico, E. J. (2011). Substance use among middle school students: Associations with self-rated and peer-nominated popularity. Journal of Adolescence, 34(3), 513-519. PMCID: PMC2950876
- Free Talk Study Articles
D'Amico, E. J., Hunter, S. B., Miles, J. N. V., Ewing, B. A., & Osilla, K. C. (2013). A randomized controlled trial of a group motivational interviewing intervention for adolescents with a first time alcohol or drug offense. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 45(5), 400-408.
D'Amico, E. J., Osilla, K. C., Miles, J. N., Ewing, B., Sullivan, K., Katz, K., & Hunter, S. B. (2012). Assessing motivational interviewing integrity for group interventions with adolescents. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 26(4), 994-1000.
D'Amico, E. J., Feldstein Ewing, S. W., Engle, B., Hunter, S. B., Osilla, K. C., & Bryan, A. (2010). Group alcohol and drug treatment. In S. Naar-King & M. Suarez (Eds.), Motivational interviewing with adolescents and young adults (pp.151-157). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
D'Amico, E.J., Osilla, K.C., & Hunter, S.B. (2010). Developing a group motivational interviewing intervention for adolescents at-risk for developing an alcohol or drug use disorder. Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly, 28(4):417–436. PMCID: PMC2991057
Houck, J. M., Hunter, S. B., Benson, J. G., Cochrum, L. L., Rowell, L. N., & D’Amico, E. J. (2015). Temporal variation in facilitator and client behavior during group motivational interviewing sessions. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 29(4):941-949. PMCID: PMC4701607
Osilla, K. C., Hunter, S. B., Ewing, B. A., Ramchand, R., Miles, J. N. V., & D'Amico, E. J. (2012). The effects of employment among adolescents at-risk for future substance use. Addictive Behaviors, 38(3), 1616-1619.
Osilla, K. C., Ortiz, J. A., Miles, J. N.V., Pedersen, E. R., Houck, J. M., & D’Amico, E. J. (2015). How group factors affect adolescent change talk and substance use outcomes: Implications for motivational interviewing training. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 62(1):79-86. PMCID: PMC4300532
Pedersen, E. R., Miles, J. N. V., Hunter, S. B, Osilla, K. C., Ewing, B. A., & D'Amico, E. J. (2013). Perceived norms moderate the association between mental health symptoms and drinking outcomes among at-risk adolescents. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 74(5), 736-745.
BOOKS
Fundamentals of Motivational Interviewing
Motivational Interviewing: Helping People Change
Motivational Interviewing in Groups
Building Motivational Interviewing Skills
Motivational Interviewing in Health Care
Motivational Interviewing in Social Work Practice
Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Anxiety
Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Psychological Problems

[With] the communication in a group setting, not only were the kids present in groups, but they were involved.

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