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Article: Working with families to promote healthy adolescent development. (Families).(Brief Article)
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- Youth Studies Australia
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Working with families to promote healthy adolescent development J.W. Toumbourou & M.E. Gregg, Family Matters, n.59, winter, 2001, pp.54-60.
Adolescence has until recently been perceived as `too late' for family intervention; however, evidence suggests that intervention through this period can contribute to healthy youth development. The authors evaluated a number of interventions using a design that enabled a causal relationship between intervention exposure and outcomes to be inferred. The interventions ranged from programs designed for families with multiple risk ...