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Linda L Caldwell¹, Stephanie Bradley, Donna Coffman

¹Department of Recreation, Park, and Tourism Management, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA.

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Area of Science:

Adolescent psychology
Preventive intervention strategies
Leisure studies

Background:

Universal preventive interventions can be enhanced through individualization.
Leisure-related variables like motivation and social influence offer avenues for tailoring programs.
The TimeWise program aimed to improve leisure time management for adolescents.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate embedding individualized components into a universal preventive intervention.
To identify leisure-related variables that can inform program individualization.
To enhance the effectiveness of preventive programs through tailored delivery.

Main Methods:

Latent Class Analysis was employed to create individualized risk and strength profiles.
Adolescent participants (N=617) were analyzed to identify distinct subgroups.
Comparisons were drawn between a treatment group and a control group.

Main Results:

Four distinct adolescent classes emerged: undifferentiated high, intrinsic motivation, extrinsic motivation/amotivation, and undifferentiated low.
These identified classes demonstrated varying associations with substance use.
Adolescents in the intrinsic motivation class were more likely to be in the intervention group, while the extrinsic class was linked to the control group.

Conclusions:

The identified adolescent classes provide valuable insights for tailoring universal prevention programs.
Individualized profiles based on leisure variables can guide program customization.
This approach suggests a pathway to more effective and targeted preventive interventions.