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Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior
. Ed(S): Diclemente, Ralph J.; Hansen, William B.; Ponton, Lynne E.
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Description for Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior
Hardback. Offers an assessment of adolescent health risk behaviors - such as smoking, violence, teen pregnancy, and AIDS. This book describes trends and changes in risk behaviors over time, and illustrate theoretical models useful for understanding adolescent risk-taking behavior and developing preventive interventions. Editor(s): DiClemente, Ralph J.; Hansen, William B.; Ponton, Lynne E. Series: Issues in Clinical Child Psychology. Num Pages: 440 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MBN; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2430.
Adolescence is a developmental period of accelerating physical, psychological, social! cultural, and cognitive development, often characterized by confronting and surmounting a myriad of challenges and establishing a sense of self-identity and autonomy. It is also, unfortunately, a period fraught with many threats to the health and well-being of adoles cents and with substantial consequent impairment and disability. Many of the adverse health consequences experienced by adolescents are, to a large extent, the result of their risk behaviors. Many adolescents today, and perhaps an increasing number in the future, are at risk for death, disease, and other adverse health outcomes that ... Read more
Adolescence is a developmental period of accelerating physical, psychological, social! cultural, and cognitive development, often characterized by confronting and surmounting a myriad of challenges and establishing a sense of self-identity and autonomy. It is also, unfortunately, a period fraught with many threats to the health and well-being of adoles cents and with substantial consequent impairment and disability. Many of the adverse health consequences experienced by adolescents are, to a large extent, the result of their risk behaviors. Many adolescents today, and perhaps an increasing number in the future, are at risk for death, disease, and other adverse health outcomes that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Springer Science+Business Media United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Series
Issues in Clinical Child Psychology
Number of Pages
440
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780306451478
SKU
V9780306451478
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Reviews for Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior
`A first-rate resource for adolescent health risk behavior.' Contemporary Psychology, 43:1 (1998)