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“Letting Go and Staying Connected”: Substance Use Outcomes from a Developmentally Targeted Intervention for Parents of College Students

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Hill, L. G., Bumpus, M., Haggerty, K. P., Catalano, R. F., Cooper, B. R., Skinner, M. L.·2023·Prevention Science
DOI 10.1007/s11121-023-01520-6PMC PMC10423701
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We present results of a randomized, controlled, efficacy trial of a handbook intervention for parents of first-year college students. The aim of the interactive intervention was to decrease risk behaviors by increasing family protective factors. The handbook, based in self-determination theory and the social development model, provided evidence-based and developmentally targeted suggestions for parents to engage with their students in activities designed to support successful adjustment to college. We recruited 919 parent-student dyads from incoming students enrolled at a university in the U.S. Pacific Northwest and randomly assigned them to control and intervention conditions. We sent handbooks to intervention parents in June before students’ August matriculation. Research assistants trained in motivational interviewing contacted parents to encourage use of the handbook. Control parents and students received treatment as usual. Participants completed baseline surveys during their final semester in high school (time 1) and their first semester at college (time 2). Self-reported frequency of alcohol, cannabis, and simultaneous use increased across both handbook and control students. In intent-to-treat analyses, odds of increased use were consistently lower and of similar magnitude for students in the intervention condition than in the control condition, and odds of first-time use were also lower in the intervention condition. Contact from research assistants predicted parents’ engagement, and parent and student report of active engagement with handbook predicted lower substance use among intervention than control students across the transition to college. We developed a low-cost, theory-based handbook to help parents support their young adult children as they transition to independent college life. Students whose parents used the handbook were less likely to initiate or increase substance use than students in the control condition during their first semester in college. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03227809

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  • Feelings of bonding and support may in turn promote important developmental needs for the college student, such as the development of increased autonomy, competence, and confidence.

    “These feelings of bonding and support may in-turn promote important developmental needs for the college student such as the development of increased autonomy, competence, and confidence (Arnett, 2000;Hill et al., 2023).”

    From Daily Communication Between First-Year College Students and Their Parents: Associations With Perceived Relationship Positivity (2024) · cites this paper as Hill et al., 2023

    The Introduction (page unavailable) describes parental bonding and support as important to students’ growing autonomy. The “Letting Go and Staying Connected” section (page unavailable) also links clear expectations to increased competence, but our copy does not address increased confidence or specifically link bonding to competence. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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Authors
Hill, L. G., Bumpus, M., Haggerty, K. P., Catalano, R. F., Cooper, B. R., & Skinner, M. L.
Affiliations
  • Washington State University (US)
  • University of Washington (US)
Corresponding author
Hill, L. G.
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Venue
Prevention Science
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2023-03-18
Volume
24
Issue
6
Pages
1174-1186
ISSN
  • 1389-4986 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-6695
DOI
10.1007/s11121-023-01520-6
PMC
PMC10423701
OpenAlex
W4327811510
Cited by
9
References
1
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2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 1
FWCI
1.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Prevention Science (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Institute on Drug Abuse (R01DA039247)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Youth, Drugs, and Violence
Keywords
substance use prevention, transition to college, first-year college students, motivational interviewing, self-determination theory, social development model, family protective factors, alcohol consumption, cannabis use, dual substance use, young adult children
MeSH terms
Humans, Parents, Schools, Students, Universities, Substance-Related Disorders, Young Adult

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