Adolescence (12-18 years)

Objective: Although the working alliance-outcome association is well-established for adults, the working alliance has accounted for 1% of the variance in adolescent therapy outcomes.

Researchers examined the association between working alliance and treatment outcome in a sample of military youth who received psychotherapy for problems related to substance abuse. Participants' ratings on working alliance and treatment outcome were collected during each session.

This study employs a mixed-methods design and a social development model (SDM) to examine the role of socialization processes within an international immersion program for adolescents.

Prosocial attitudes and behaviors were analyzed in a sample of youth program participants. The study applied a social development model to determine if prosocial behaviors were linked to participation in an international immersion youth program.

The Impact of Maternal and Paternal Deployment on Depressive Symptoms and Well-Being Among Military-Connected Youth

An examination of how military parents' gender may be associated differently with deployments, wellbeing, and depression among military-connected youth was conducted. Data were drawn from the 2011 California Healthy Kids Survey of 117,000 students in Southern California.

Background: Young people in military-connected families may be exposed to deleterious stressors, related to family member deployment, that have been associated with externalizing behaviors such as substance use.

Young people in military-connected families may be exposed to negative stressors, related to family member deployment, and as such be more likely to engage in substance use.

We investigated the relationship between context-specific social stressors, coping behaviors, and depressive symptoms among adolescents in active duty military families across seven installations (three of which were in Europe) ( N = 1036) using a person-centered approach and a stress process the

Adolescents in military families deal with stressors experienced by all adolescents as well as stressors inherent to having a Service member as a parent. This study explored the coping styles used by adolescents in Active Duty Army families.