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Adolescent risk behaviors : why teens experiment and strategies to keep them safe /

Main Author: Wolfe, David A. 1951-
Other Authors: Jaffe, Peter G.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2006.
Series:Current perspectives in psychology
Subjects:
Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence > Prevention.
Risk Reduction Behavior.
Risk-Taking.
Adolescent Behavior > psychology.
Adolescent.
Counseling > methods.
Health Promotion > methods.
Interpersonal Relations.
PSYCHOLOGY > Developmental > Child.
PSYCHOLOGY > Psychotherapy > Child & Adolescent.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Child Development.
PSYCHOLOGY > General.
Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=187922
Table of Contents:
  • Series foreword / Alan E. Kazdin
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Valuing adolescence
  • Learning the rules of relating
  • The dark side of the rules
  • Choices and pressures of today's youth
  • Making sense of making choices
  • What works in prevention: promises and pitfalls
  • The blueprint: best principles for program design
  • The delivery: best practices for strengthening relationships and managing risks
  • The context: overcoming barriers and engaging schools
  • The evolution of universal efforts to reduce adolescent risk behaviors.

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