Initial Engagement in Parent-Centered Preventive Interventions: A Family Systems Perspective.

Examines factors predicting participant engagement in a parent-centered, substance abuse preventive intervention. Results indicate that caregiver need for the intervention and family systems variables significantly predicted initial engagement in the intervention, while demographic variables, stressful life circumstances, and family stress failed to significantly influence engagement. (Contains 41 references and 3 tables.) (GCP)