Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior (Issues in Clinical Child Psychology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306451476 ISBN 13: 9780306451478

Publisher: Springer, 1996

Synopsis

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 are not primarily biomedical in origin. In general, there has been a marked change in the causes of morbidity and mortality among adolescents. Previously, infectious diseases accounted for a dispro­ portionate share of adolescent morbidity and mortality. At present, however, the over­ whelming toll of adolescent morbidity and mortality is the result of lifestyle practices.

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Review

`A first-rate resource for adolescent health risk behavior.'
Contemporary Psychology, 43:1 (1998)

Synopsis

This reference provides a comprehensive assessment of adolescent health risk behaviors - such as smoking, violence, teen pregnancy, and AIDS among many others. Experts describe trends and changes in risk behaviors over time; illustrate theoretical models useful for understanding adolescent risk-taking behavior and developing preventive interventions; review the state-of-the-science with respect to prevention strategies for each risk behavior; and identify effective treatment modalities.

Edition details

• Publisher: Springer
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0306451476
• ISBN 13: 9780306451478
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 464
• Editor: DiClemente Ralph J., Hansen William B., Ponton Lynn E.