Adolescent risk behaviors : why teens experiment and strategies to keep them safe / David A. Wolfe, Peter G. Jaffe, Claire V. Crooks.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wolfe, David A. (David Allen), 1951-

Contributor:

Crooks, Claire V.

Jaffe, Peter G.

Series:

Current perspectives in psychology.

Current perspectives in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence--Prevention.

Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (293 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book focuses on the crucial role that relationships play in the lives of teenagers. The authors particularly examine the ways that healthy relationships can help teens avoid such common risk behaviors as substance abuse, dating violence, sexual assault, and unsafe sexual practices. Addressing the current lack of effective prevention programs for teens, they present new strategies for encouraging healthy choices. The book first traces differences between the "rules of relating" for boys and girls and discusses typical and atypical patterns of experimentation in teens. The authors identify the common link among risk behaviors: the relationship connection. In the second part of the book, they examine the principles of successful programs used by schools and communities to cultivate healthy adolescent development. An illuminating conclusion describes the key ingredients for engaging adolescents, their parents, teachers, and communities in the effort to promote healthy, nonviolent relationships among teens.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-266) and index.

ISBN:

9786611740887

9781281740885

1281740888

9780300127447

0300127448

OCLC:

923588807