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Open AccessA school-based program to prevent depressive symptoms and strengthen well-being among pre-vocational students (Happy Lessons): protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial and implementation study
Depression is one of the leading causes of illness and disability among young people. In the Netherlands, one in twelve Dutch adolescents has experienced depression in the last 12 months. Pre-vocational studen...
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Open AccessRoken en alcoholgebruik onder Nederlandse scholieren
De afgelopen decennia is sterk ingezet op het terugdringen van tabaks- en alcoholgebruik onder jongeren. Monitoring is belangrijk om te toetsen of uitgezet beleid gepaard gaat met het gewenste resultaat. Met g...
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Open AccessDo Substance Use Risk Personality Dimensions Predict the Onset of Substance Use in Early Adolescence? A Variable- and Person-Centered Approach
Various studies found personality to be related to substance use, but little attention is paid to the role of personality risk dimensions with regard to an early onset of alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use. T...
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Open AccessSubstance use by adolescents in special education and residential youth care institutions
This study examined substance use rates and related background factors among adolescents in special education (SE) and in residential youth care institutions (RYC). Information on substance use from 531 adoles...
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Open AccessEvaluating a selective prevention programme for binge drinking among young adolescents: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial
In comparison to other Europe countries, Dutch adolescents are at the top in drinking frequency and binge drinking. A total of 75% of the Dutch 12 to 16 year olds who drink alcohol also engage in binge drinkin...
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Open AccessSubstance use risk profiles and associations with early substance use in adolescence
We examined whether anxiety sensitivity, hopelessness, sensation seeking, and impulsivity (i.e., revised version of the Substance Use Risk Profile Scale) would be related to the lifetime prevalence and age of ...
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Open AccessEffectiveness of the universal prevention program 'Healthy School and Drugs': Study protocol of a randomized clustered trial
Substance use is highly prevalent among Dutch adolescents. The Healthy School and Drugs program is a nationally implemented school-based prevention program aimed at reducing early and excessive substance use a...
