автор: Patricia Dittus

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is professor of social work at New York University and the principal investigator of numerous NIH and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funded research studies focused on urban minority youth and the prevention of adolescent problem behavior.James Jaccard is professor of psychology at Florida International University and a widely published expert on parent-adolescent communication.Patricia Dittus is a health scientist in the Division of Adolescent and School Health at the CDC. Her research focuses on effective parenting interventions aimed at reducing adolescent risk behaviors.