The social psychology of drug abuse / Steve Sussman and Susan L. Ames.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sussman, Steven Yale.

Contributor:

Ames, Susan L., 1956-

Series:

Applying social psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug abuse.

Drug abuse--Prevention.

Physical Description:

xi, 172 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Buckingham ; Philadelphia : Open University Press, 2001.

Contents:

Part 1 General issues pertaining to drug abuse 1

1 Definitions of drug abuse and drug abuse consequences 3

2 Is drug abuse a disease? 19

3 Drug abuse and other problem behaviours 28

4 Assessment of drug abuse 39

Part 2 Predictors of drug use and abuse 53

5 Extrapersonal predictors of drug abuse 55

6 Intrapersonal predictors of drug abuse 69

7 Integrated theories of drug abuse 78

Part 3 Drug abuse prevention and cessation programming and the future 89

8 Drug abuse prevention programmes 91

9 Drug abuse cessation programmes and relapse prevention 102

10 Future considerations in the drug abuse arena 128.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [148]-167) and index.

ISBN:

0335206190

0335206182

OCLC:

45890436