Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse addresses the treatment of substance abuse in all ages of children.

With the growing magnitude of the problem of substance abuse among children and youth, this is an essential forum for the dissemination of descriptive or investigative efforts with this population.

This Journal serves as a vehicle for communication and dissemination of information to the many practitioners and researchers working with these young people.

With this singular mission in mind, the Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse provides subscribers with one source for obtaining current, useful information regarding state-of-the-art approaches to the strategies and issues in the assessment, prevention, and treatment of adolescent substance abuse.

The Journal is an interdisciplinary forum geared towards researchers and practitioners for the publication of information on clinical and investigative efforts concerning the assessment, prevention, and treatment of child and adolescent substance abuse.

The primary focus is on the empirical study of child and adolescent substance abuse utilizing group comparisons, or single-case experimental strategies.

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Medicine, Psychology and Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• Impact of Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use on Neuropsychological Functioning in Young Adulthood: 10-Year Outcomes

  Citation: 183

  Authors: Karen L., Krista Lisdahl, Claudia B., Susan F., Sandra A.

• Youth Drug Abuse Treatment:

  Citation: 139

  Authors: N. H., B, V. A., E. S., R.

• A Controlled Evaluation and Description of Individual-Cognitive Problem Solving and Family-Behavior Therapies in Dually-Diagnosed Conduct-Disordered and Substance-Dependent Youth

  Citation: 117

  Authors: Nathan H., Brad, Gordon A., Thomas, Jennifer, Leah A.

• Video Game Playing and Gambling in Adolescents: Common Risk Factors

  Citation: 95

  Authors: Richard T. A., Rina, Jeffrey L., Mark

• Pathological Gambling and Related Problems Among Adolescents

  Citation: 94

  Authors: Robert, Normand, Christian, Frank

• The Dysregulation Inventory: A New Scale to Assess the Risk for Substance Use Disorder

  Citation: 84

  Authors: Ada C., Ralph E., Peter R., Levent

• Substance Use, Anxiety, and Depressive Symptoms Among College Students

  Citation: 79

  Authors: Kenneth S., Sandra Minor, Peter F., Uzoma, Rebecca

• Preventing Tobacco and Alcohol Use Among Elementary School Students Through Life Skills Training

  Citation: 72

  Authors: Gilbert J., Kenneth W., Elizabeth, Araxi P.

• Internet Game Addiction, Parental Attachment, and Parenting of Adolescents in South Korea

  Citation: 69

  Authors: Kyunghee, Kisook

• School-Based Drug Abuse Prevention with Inner-City Minority Youth

  Citation: 64

  Authors: Gilbert J., Jennifer A., Eli, Tracy, Michelle