Showing papers by "Mark W. Fraser published in 2019"
TL;DR: Adults who as children lived in families that participated in welfare programs were more likely to smoke when compared to young adults whose families did not participate inelfare programs, and Protective factors associated with decreased smoking behaviors included being female, higher parental education, and being older.
Abstract: Objective: Smoking is widely acknowledged as a high-risk behavior associated with poor physical health outcomes. We use Add Health Wave I and Wave IV data (N = 15,701) to explore whether ch...
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TL;DR: A teacher-rated measure of children’s effortful control was developed and showed acceptable reliability and validity and could be used to evaluate outcomes such as aggression in tests of preventive interventions for elementary school children.
Abstract: Objective: Many school-based prevention programs seek to strengthen effortful control in students. However, the concept of effortful control has been defined and measured inconsistently in ...