Preventing youth problems / edited by Anthony Biglan, Margaret C. Wang, and Herbert J. Walberg.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biglan, Anthony.

Wang, Margaret C.

Walberg, Herbert J., 1937-

Series:

Issues in children's and families' lives (Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers)

Issues in children's and families' lives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child development.

Child psychology.

Clinical child psychology.

Adolescent psychology.

Physical Description:

viii, 188 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2003]

Summary:

"Preventing Youth Problems" provides information needed toprevent five of the most common, costly, and dangerous problems ofadolescence: anti-social behavior, tobacco use, alcohol and drugabuse, and sexual behavior that risks disease and unwanted pregnancy.Over the past thirty years, scientific research on children andadolescents identified the major conditions influencing each of theseproblems.Each of the chapters in this volume provides a concise summary of whatis known about one of these five problem behaviors. Each chaptercovers the following essential points: "Preventing Youth Problems" is an important resource forpsychologists, sociologists, social workers, and educators, as well asfor upper-level students in these areas.

Contents:

1. The Prevention of Antisocial Behavior: Beyond Efficacy and Effectiveness / Philip A. Fisher 5

2. Causal Structure of Alcohol Use and Problems in Early Life: Multilevel Etiology and Implications for Prevention / Robert A. Zucker 33

3. The Prevention of Tobacco Use / Anthony Biglan, Herbert H. Severson 63

4. The Prevention of Drug Abuse / Anthony Biglan, Brian Flay, Sharon L. Foster 87

5. Sexual Risk Behaviors among Adolescents / Henry D. Anaya, Susan M. Cantwell, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus 113

6. The Generic Features of Effective Childrearing / Anthony Biglan 145.

Notes:

"Great cities, UIC's metropolitan commitment."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306477335

OCLC:

51817594