Risks and Problem Behaviors in Adolescence (Adolescence)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: September 1999
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 350
ISBN-13: 9780815332947
Subjects: Child & developmental psychology; Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence; Politics / Current Events; Adolescent Psychology; Juvenile Delinquency; Psychology; Risk-taking (Psychology) in ad; Education; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Problem youth; General; Psychology & Psychiatry / General; United States; Developmental - Adolescent; Criminology; Health behavior in adolescence
First sentence: A social-psychological framework for the explanation of adolescent risk behavior is presented The framework incorporates attention to both person and situational variables, and it differentiates both sets of variables into risk factors and protective factors.