Adolescent risk behaviors why teens experiment and strategies to keep them safe

Annotation 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. A...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wolfe, David A. 1951- (-)
Otros Autores: Jaffe, Peter G., Crooks, Claire V.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Haven : Yale University Press 2006.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Current perspectives in psychology.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b31702879*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.