title: The EARLY ALLIANCE prevention trial: an integrated set of interventions to promote competence and reduce risk for conduct disorder, substance abuse, and school failure.
abstract: Describes the EARLY ALLIANCE interventions, an integrated set of four programs designed to promote competence and reduce risk for early-onset conduct disorder, substance abuse, and school failure. These interventions are evaluated as part of a prevention trial that begins at school entry and targets child functioning and socializing practices across multiple contexts (school, peer group, family) and multiple domains (affective, social, and achievement coping-competence). The paper presents the conceptual foundation of the four interventions, including a synopsis of the risk and protective factors associated with conduct disorder and related outcomes, and of the coping-competence model driving EARLY ALLIANCE. The developmental rationale, intended impact, and procedures are described for each intervention: a universally administered classroom program and indicated, peer, reading-mentoring, and family programs. Interventions are currently being tested in a prevention trial, which is briefly summarized.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Sciences, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA. jed@psych.purdue.edu
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Prinz
authors.forename: E P
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Laughlin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D019955:Conduct Disorder / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007196:Indiana; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011322:Primary Prevention; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration; D013332:Student Dropouts / Q000523:psychology; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000517:prevention & control*