Research database

Smith, J., Montaño, Z., Dishion, T., Shaw, D., & Wilson, M. (2015). Preventing weight gain and obesity: Indirect effects of the family check-up in early childhood. Prevention science, 16(3), 408–419.

Smith, S. C., Schetzina, K. E., Polaha, J., Baker, K., & Wood, D. (2016). The family check-up in a pediatric clinic and behavior in the home environment. In I. L. Rubin & J. Merrick (Eds.), Environmental health disparities: Costs and benefits of breaking the cycle (pp. 127–137). Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers.

Spirito, A., Hernandez, L., Cancilliere, M. K., Graves, H. R., Rodriguez, A. M., Operario, D., ... & Barnett, N. P. (2018). Parent and adolescent motivational enhancement intervention for substance–using, truant adolescents: A pilot randomized trial. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 47(Suppl. 1), S467–S479.

Spirito, A., Hernandez, L., Cancilliere, M. K., Graves, H., & Barnett, N. (2015). Improving parenting and parent-adolescent communication to delay or prevent the onset of alcohol and drug use in young adolescents with emotional/behavioral disorders: A pilot trial. Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 24(5), 308–322.

Spirito, A., Hernandez, L., Marceau, K., Cancilliere, M. K., Barnett, N. P., Graves, H. R., ... & Knopik, V. S. (2017). Effects of a brief, parent–focused intervention for substance using adolescents and their sibling. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 77, 156–165.

Spirito, A., Sindelar-Manning, H., Colby, S. M., Barnett, N. P., Lewander, W., Rohsenow, D. J., & Monti, P. M. (2011). Individual and family motivational interventions for alcohol-positive adolescents treated in an emergency department: Results of a randomized clinical trial. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 165(3), 269–274.

Stormshak, E. A., & Dishion, T. J. (2009). A school-based, family-centered intervention to prevent substance use: The family check-up. American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse, 35(4), 227–232.

Stormshak, E. A., Connell, A. M., Véronneau, M. H., Myers, M. W., Dishion, T. J., Kavanagh, K., & Caruthers, A. S. (2011). An ecological approach to promoting early adolescent mental health and social adaptation: Family-centered intervention in public middle schools. Child Development, 82(1), 209–225.

Stormshak, E. A., Connell, A., & Dishion, T. J. (2009). An adaptive approach to family-centered intervention in schools: Linking intervention engagement to academic outcomes in middle and high school. Prevention Science, 10(3), 221–235.

Stormshak, E. A., DeGarmo, D., Garbacz, S. A., McIntyre, L. L., & Caruthers, A. (2020). Using motivational interviewing to improve parenting skills and prevent problem behavior during the transition to kindergarten. Prevention Science, 1–11.