Publications
Publications of the Reconnecting Youth Prevention Research Program
are divided into the following categories:
Other:
Tests of Interventions
Eggert, L.L., Seyl, C., & Nicholas, L.J. (1990). Effects
of a school-based prevention program for potential high school
dropouts and drug abusers. International Journal of the
Addictions, 24, 773-801.
Eggert, L.L. & Herting, J.R. (1991). Preventing teenage
drug abuse: Exploratory effects of network social support. Youth & Society, 22, 482-524. Eggert, L.L., Thompson, E.A., Herting, J.R., Nicholas, L.J.
(1994). Prevention research program: Reconnecting at-risk
youth. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 15,
107-135. Eggert, L.L., Thompson, E.A., Herting, J.R., Nicholas, L.J.,
Dickers, B.G. (1994). Preventing adolescent drug abuse and
high school dropout through an intensive social network development
program. American Journal of Health Promotion, 8,
202-215. Eggert, L.L., Thompson, E.A., Herting, J.R., & Nicholas,
L.J. (1995). Reducing suicide potential among high-risk youth:
Tests of a school-based prevention program. Suicide &
Life-Threatening Behavior, 25(2), 276-296. Thompson, E.A., Horn, M., Herting, J.R. & Eggert, L.L.
(1997). Enhancing outcomes in an indicated drug prevention
program for high-risk youth. Journal of Drug Education,
27, 19-41. Thompson, E.A., Eggert, L.L., & Herting, J.R. (2000). Mediating
effects of an indicated prevention program for reducing youth
depression and suicide risk behaviors. Suicide and Life-Threatening
Behavior, 30(3), 252-271. Randell, B.P., Eggert, L.L., & Pike, K.C. (2001). Immediate
post intervention effects of two brief youth suicide prevention
interventions. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 31
(1), 41-61.
Thompson, E.A., Eggert, L.L., Randell, B.P., & Pike, K.C. (2001).
Evaluation of indicated suicide-risk prevention approaches for
potential high school dropouts. American Journal of Public
Health, 91 (5), 742-752.
Eggert, L.L., Thompson, E.A., Pike, K.C., & Randell, B.P.
(2002). Preliminary effects of two brief school-based prevention
approaches for reducing youth suicide-risk behaviors, depression,
and drug involvement. Journal of Child & Adolescent Psychiatric
Nursing, 15 (2), 48-64.
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Intervention
Publications
Eggert, L.L. (1987). Social
support in families: Stress, coping, and adaptation. In T.L.
Albrecht & M.B. Adelman Communicating social support: Process
in context (pp. 80-104). Beverly Hills, CA: Sage.
Eggert, L.L. (1994). Anger
management skills training for adolescents. Bloomington,
IN: National Educational Service.
Eggert, L.L., Nicholas, L.J.,
Owen, L. (1995). Reconnecting Youth: Peer Group Approach
to Building Life Skills. Bloomington, IN: NES.
Eggert, L.L., Thompson, E.A.,
Randell, B.P., & McCauley, E. (1995). Youth Suicide Prevention
Plan for Washington State. Washington State Department
of Health.
Eggert, L.L. (1996). Psychosocial
approaches in prevention science: Facing the challenge with
high risk youth. Communicating Nursing Research, 29,
73-85.
Walsh, E., Randell, B.P., & Eggert, L.L. (1997). The measure of adolescent potential for
suicide (MAPS): A tool for assessment and crisis intervention. Reaching Today's Youth, 2 (1), 22-29.
Eggert, L.L. (1998). Reconnecting
youth: An indicated prevention program. In National Conference
on Drug Abuse Prevention Research: Presentations, Papers,
and Recommendations. NIH Publication #98-4293. Rockville,
MD: DHHS, NIA, NIDA.
Eggert,
L.L. (2000). Science-based prevention approaches to promoting
healthy adolescent behaviors. Communicating Nursing Research,
33, 57-75.
Eggert,
L.L., & Nicholas, L.J. (2000). Curbing the progression of
co-occurring problem behaviors by Reconnecting Youth: An indicated
prevention program. In W.B. Hansen, S.M. Giles, & M.D. Fearnow-Kenney
(Eds.), Improving Prevention Effectiveness (pp. 155-165).
Greensboro, NC: Tanglewood Research, Inc.
Eggert, L.L., Thompson, E.A.,
Herting, J.R., & Randell, B.P. (2001). Reconnecting youth
to prevent drug abuse, school dropout, and suicidal behaviors
among high-risk youth. In E. Wagner and H.B. Waldron (Eds.), Innovations in Adolescent Substance Abuse Intervention
(pp. 51-84). Oxford: Elsevier Science.
Eggert,
L.L., & Randell, B.P. (2003). Drug prevention research for
high-risk youth. In W.J. Bukoski & Z. Sloboda, Eds., Handbook
of drug abuse prevention theory, science, and practice
(pp. 473-495). NY: Plenum.
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Descriptive/Explanatory
Studies
Eggert, L.L & Parks, M.R. (1987). Communication network involvement
in adolescents' friendships and romantic relationships. Communication
Yearbook, 10, 283-322.
Eggert, L.L. (1992). Speaking Like a Skipper: "Skippin' an
gettin' high." Journal of Language & Social Psychology,
11, 75-100. Eggert, L.L., & Herting, J.R. (1993). Drug involvement among
potential dropouts and typical youth. Drug Education,
23, 31-55. Powell-Cope, G.M., Eggert, L.L. (1994). Psychosocial risk
and protective factors: Potential high school dropouts vs.
typical youth. National Dropout Center Yearbook, I,
23-51. Thompson, E.A., Moody, K.A. & Eggert, L.L. (1994). Discriminating
suicide ideation among high-risk youth. Journal of School
Health, 64, 361-367.
Randell, B. P., Herting, J. R., Eggert, L. L., & Thompson, E.
A. (2001). Family influences, deviant peer bonding, self-esteem,
and adolescent drug involvement. Manuscript submitted for publication.
Thompson, E.A., Connelly, C.D., & Eggert, L.L. (2002). Co-occurring
problem behaviors among potential high school dropouts: Drug
use, aggression, depression, and suicidal behaviors. Manuscript
submitted for publication.
Thompson, E.A., Mazza, J.J., Herting, J.R., & Eggert, L.L. (2002).
The mediating roles of anxiety, depression, and hopelessness
on adolescent suicidal behaviors. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 35 (1), 14-34.
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Measurement
Studies
Eggert, L.L., Thompson, E.A. & Herting, J.R. (1994). A measure
of adolescent potential for suicide (MAPS): Development and
preliminary findings. Suicide & Life-Threatening Behavior,
24, 359-381. Eggert, L.L., Herting, J.R. & Thompson, E.A., (1996). The
drug involvement scale for adolescents (DISA). Journal
of Drug Education, 26(2) 101-130. Herting, J.R., Eggert, L.L., & Thompson, E.A. (1996). A multidimensional
model of adolescent drug involvement. Journal of Research
on Adolescence, 6(3), 325-361. Thompson, E.A. & Eggert, L.L. (1999). Using the Suicide Risk
Screen to identify suicidal adolescents among potential high
school dropouts. Journal of American Academy of Child and
Adolescent Psychiatry, 38(12), 1506-1514.
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General
Qualitative and Quantitative Research Methods
Herting, J.R. (1985). Multiple Indicator Models Using LISREL.
In H.M. Blalock (Ed.) Causal Models in the Social Sciences
(2nd ed., pp. 263-319). New York: Aldine.
Herting, J.R., & Costner, H.L. (1985). Respecification in
Multiple Indicator Models. In H.M. Blalock (Ed.) Causal
Models in the Social Sciences (2nd ed., pp. 321-393).
New York: Aldine.
Herting, J.R., & Costner, H.L. (2000). Another perspective
on "the proper number of factors" and the appropriate number
of steps. Structural Equation Modeling, 7(1),
92-110.
Herting, J.R. (2002). Evaluating and Rejecting True Mediation Models: A Cautionary Note. Prevention Science, 3 (4), 285-289.
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Reconnecting
Youth Fact Sheet
An
overview of the Reconnecting Youth program can be found on
the CSAP (Center for Substance Abuse Prevention) Model Programs
website, a comprehensive resource of tested programs proven
to prevent or decrease substance abuse and other high-risk
behaviors:
http://modelprograms.samhsa.gov/template_cf.cfm?page=model_list#Model
(look
for Reconnecting Youth)
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