Reflections on a Career in Prevention Science Focused on the Development, Prevention, and Treatment of Youth Conduct Problems.

IF 2.7 2区 医学 Q2 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH
Prevention Science Pub Date : 2025-05-01 Epub Date: 2025-06-20 DOI:10.1007/s11121-025-01822-x
Robert J McMahon
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In this article, I begin with a discussion about how the treatment of child conduct problems plays a role in their prevention. I then summarize three broad foci of my research career. Next, I describe those research activities in the broader context of my own life-course development. I first present an autobiographical account of how I became interested in prevention research on children's conduct problems and how these research interests developed at different stages of my career. I then describe several recurring themes that have characterized my career broadly. My hope in adopting this approach is that mid-career and senior researchers will identify with some of the events that facilitated my own development as a prevention scientist. I especially hope that early-career researchers (as well as graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) will see that developing a career path as a prevention scientist is often a nonlinear series of events, some of which are serendipitous, and many of which represent significant "turning points" (Rutter, 1996) in one's career and life. I reflect on the bidirectional and iterative nature of much of my research. I also stress the importance of mentorship (both as a mentee and as a mentor) and collaboration in the development and direction of my own research career.

以青少年行为问题的发展、预防和治疗为重点的预防科学事业的思考。
在这篇文章中,我首先讨论如何治疗儿童行为问题在预防中发挥作用。然后,我总结了我的研究生涯的三个广泛的焦点。接下来,我将在我自己的人生历程发展的大背景下描述这些研究活动。首先,我将以自传体的方式讲述我是如何对儿童行为问题的预防研究产生兴趣的,以及这些研究兴趣在我职业生涯的不同阶段是如何发展的。然后,我描述了几个反复出现的主题,这些主题广泛地代表了我的职业生涯。我采用这种方法的希望是,在职业生涯中期和高级研究人员将认同一些促进我自己发展成为预防科学家的事件。我特别希望早期职业研究人员(以及研究生和博士后)能够看到,发展预防科学家的职业道路通常是一系列非线性事件,其中一些是偶然的,其中许多代表了一个人的职业和生活中的重要“转折点”(Rutter, 1996)。我反思了我的许多研究的双向性和迭代性。我也强调师徒关系(作为学员和导师)和合作在我自己的研究事业发展和方向上的重要性。
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Prevention Science
Prevention Science PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH-
CiteScore
6.50
自引率
11.40%
发文量
128
期刊介绍: Prevention Science is the official publication of the Society for Prevention Research. The Journal serves as an interdisciplinary forum designed to disseminate new developments in the theory, research and practice of prevention. Prevention sciences encompassing etiology, epidemiology and intervention are represented through peer-reviewed original research articles on a variety of health and social problems, including but not limited to substance abuse, mental health, HIV/AIDS, violence, accidents, teenage pregnancy, suicide, delinquency, STD''s, obesity, diet/nutrition, exercise, and chronic illness. The journal also publishes literature reviews, theoretical articles, meta-analyses, systematic reviews, brief reports, replication studies, and papers concerning new developments in methodology.
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