Adolescent risk behaviors
Subtitle: why teens experiment and strategies to keep them safe
By: David A. Wolfe, Peter G. Jaffe, and Claire V. Crooks.
Contributors: Jaffe, Peter G.; Crooks, Claire V.
Series: Current perspectives in psychology
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780300110807
Subjects: Risk taking (Psychology) in adolescence -- Prevention.; Risk-Taking -- Adolescent.; Risk Reduction Behavior -- Adolescent.; Adolescent Behavior -- psychology.; Counseling -- methods -- Adolescent.; Interpersonal Relations -- Adolescent.; Health Promotion -- methods -- Adolescent.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Series foreword / Alan E. Kazdin; title: Preface; title: Acknowledgments; title: Valuing adolescence; title: Learning the rules of relating; title: The dark side of the rules; title: Choices and pressures of today?s youth; title: Making sense of making choices; title: What works in prevention: promises and pitfalls; title: The blueprint: best principles for program design; title: The delivery: best practices for strengthening relationships and managing risks; title: The context: overcoming barriers and engaging schools; title: The evolution of universal efforts to reduce adolescent risk behaviors.