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Gilbert J. Botvin

Gilbert J. Botvin

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Psychology

D-Index
84
Citations
25059
World Ranking
1235
National Ranking
750

Overview

Gilbert J. Botvin is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Social Sciences, with a focus on subfields including Clinical Psychology, Applied Psychology, General Health Professions, Sociology and Political Science, and Epidemiology.

Their work addresses topics such as Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes, Behavioral Health and Interventions, Digital Mental Health Interventions, Impact of Technology on Adolescents, Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression, and Child Development and Digital Technology.

Botvin has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • Effectiveness of a hybrid digital substance abuse prevention approach combining e-Learning and in-person class sessions, 2022, Frontiers in Digital Health
  • Long-term behavioral effects of a school-based prevention program on illicit drug use among young adults, 2023, Journal of Public Health Research
  • Sexual Violence and Substance Use among First-Year University Women: Differences by Sexual Minority Status, 2022, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Effectiveness of Digital Health Tools to Prevent Bullying among Middle School Students, 2023, Adolescents
  • Adolescent Transitions in Self-Management Strategies and Young Adult Alcohol Use, 2021, Evaluation & the Health Professions

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Frontiers in Digital Health
  • Journal of Public Health Research
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Adolescents
  • Youth

Botvin has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, notably:

  • Kenneth W. Griffin
  • Christopher Williams
  • Sandra Sousa
  • Caroline M. Botvin
  • Lawrence M. Scheier

Best Publications

  • Long-term follow-up results of a randomized drug abuse prevention trial in a white middle-class population

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Eli Baker;Linda Dusenbury;Elizabeth M. Botvin

  • Preventing adolescent drug abuse through a multimodal cognitive-behavioral approach: results of a 3-year study.

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Eli Baker;Linda Dusenbury;Stephanie Tortu

  • Parenting Practices as Predictors of Substance Use, Delinquency, and Aggression Among Urban Minority Youth: Moderating Effects of Family Structure and Gender

    Kenneth W. Griffin;Gilbert J. Botvin;Lawrence M. Scheier;Tracy Diaz

  • Life Skills Training: Empirical Findings and Future Directions

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Kenneth W. Griffin

  • Preventing drug abuse in schools: Social and competence enhancement approaches targeting individual-level etiologic factors

    Gilbert J Botvin

  • Evidence-Based Interventions for Preventing Substance Use Disorders in Adolescents

    Kenneth W. Griffin;Gilbert J. Botvin

  • A cognitive-behavioral approach to substance abuse prevention

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Eli Baker;Nancy L. Renick;Anne D. Filazzola

  • Preventing Youth Violence and Delinquency through a Universal School-Based Prevention Approach

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Kenneth W. Griffin;Tracy Diaz Nichols

  • School-based programmes to prevent alcohol, tobacco and other drug use.

    Gilbert J Botvin;Kenneth W Griffin

  • Preventing the onset of cigarette smoking through life skills training.

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Anna Eng;Christine L. Williams

  • Effectiveness of culturally focused and generic skills training approaches to alcohol and drug abuse prevention among minority adolescents: Two-year follow-up results.

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Steven P. Schinke;Jennifer A. Epstein;Tracy Diaz

  • A cognitive-behavioral approach to substance abuse prevention: one-year follow-up.

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Eli Baker;Anne D. Filazzola;Elizabeth M. Botvin

  • Drug Abuse Prevention Among Minority Adolescents: Posttest and One-Year Follow-Up of a School-Based Preventive Intervention

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Kenneth W. Griffin;Tracy Diaz;Michelle Ifill-Williams

  • Adolescencia : consumo de alcohol y otras drogas

    José P. Espada;Xavier Méndez;Kenneth W. Griffin;Gilbert J. Botvin

  • Substance abuse prevention: competence enhancement and the development of positive life options.

    Linda Dusenbury;Gilbert J. Botvin

  • Preventing illicit drug use in adolescents: long-term follow-up data from a randomized control trial of a school population.

    Gilbert J Botvin;Kenneth W Griffin;Tracy Diaz;Lawrence M Scheier

  • The efficacy of a multicomponent approach to the prevention of cigarette smoking

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Anna Eng

  • Effectiveness of a universal drug abuse prevention approach for youth at high risk for substance use initiation.

    Kenneth W. Griffin;Gilbert J. Botvin;Tracy R. Nichols;Margaret M. Doyle

  • Substance abuse prevention research: recent developments and future directions.

    Gilbert J. Botvin

  • Smoking prevention among urban minority youth: assessing effects on outcome and mediating variables.

    Gilbert J. Botvin;Linda Dusenbury;Eli Baker;Susan James-Ortiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth W. Griffin
Kenneth W. Griffin Cornell University
Jennifer A. Epstein
Jennifer A. Epstein Cornell University
Lawrence M. Scheier
Lawrence M. Scheier Lars Research Institute
Steven P. Schinke
Steven P. Schinke Columbia University
Julia A. Graber
Julia A. Graber University of Florida
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Jeanne Brooks-Gunn Columbia University
Richard Spoth
Richard Spoth Iowa State University
Steve Sussman
Steve Sussman University of Southern California
Anthony Biglan
Anthony Biglan Oregon Research Institute
Brian R. Flay
Brian R. Flay Boise State University

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