Cognitive-Behavioral Substance Abuse Prevention Studies with Social Skills Training

Nine evaluation studies assess four prevention models focusing on generic personal and social skills training. The studies, authored by Gilbert J. Botvin, demonstrate large and consistent effects on substance use behaviors and related mediating variables. While providing evidence for program effectiveness, the data are described as preliminary regarding the mechanisms of action.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking the efficacy of cognitive-behavioral prevention models based on reported large effect sizes.
• Analyzing the relationship between social skills training and substance use outcomes based on the described behavioral results.
• Studying the impact of prevention programs on mediating psychological variables as referenced in the description.

Strengths

• Nine evaluation studies provide a multi-study foundation for analysis.
• Demonstrated large effects on substance use behaviors across studies.
• Assessed impact on presumed mediating variables, linking process to outcome.

Limitations

• Row count and specific data columns are unknown, limiting suitability assessment.
• Methodological problems are noted in some of the underlying studies.
• The license is closed, restricting access and reuse.

Provenance

Source

Gilbert J. Botvin

Collection Method

Evaluation studies of four prevention models, aggregated on paperswithcode.