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

By: Wolfe, David A. (David Allen), 1951-.
Contributor(s): Crooks, Claire V | Jaffe, Peter G | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Current perspectives in psychology: Publisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, c2006Description: xvi, 276 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Subject(s): Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence -- PreventionGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 155.4/18 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

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

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.