NIH R01 · 2024
Project Summary/Abstract Substance use disorders (SUDs) are a significant public health problem. There is a need for novel substance use prevention strategies for adolescents, particularly developmentally-informed interventions rooted in basic science findings. Significant basic research indicates parent stress as a risk factor for adolescent substance use. A separate body of research finds that mindfulness interventions reduce stress in adults. Taken together, mindfulness interventions may reduce parent stress and prevent increases in substance use in adolescence. However, few randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have evaluated mindfulness interventions for parents and none have tested…
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