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Preventing Youth Problems

Part of the book series: Issues in Children's and Families' Lives (IICL, volume 1)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    • Anthony Biglan, Herbert J. Walberg
    Pages 1-4
  3. The Prevention of Antisocial Behavior

    • Philip A. Fisher
    Pages 5-31
  4. The Prevention of Tobacco Use

    • Anthony Biglan, Herbert H. Severson
    Pages 63-85
  5. The Prevention of Drug Abuse

    • Anthony Biglan, Brian Flay, Sharon L. Foster
    Pages 87-111
  6. Sexual Risk Behaviors among Adolescents

    • Henry D. Anaya, Susan M. Cantwell, Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus
    Pages 113-143
  7. The Generic Features of Effective Childrearing

    • Anthony Biglan
    Pages 145-162
  8. Conclusions and Recommendations

    • Herbert J. Walberg, Anthony Biglan
    Pages 163-166
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 167-188

About this book

Preventing Youth Problems provides information needed to prevent five of the most common, costly, and dangerous problems of adolescence: anti-social behavior, tobacco use, alcohol and drug abuse, and sexual behavior that risks disease and unwanted pregnancy. Over the past thirty years, scientific research on children and adolescents identified the major conditions influencing each of these problems.
Each of the chapters in this volume provides a concise summary of what is known about one of these five problem behaviors. Each chapter covers the following essential points:

- Incidence, prevalence, and cost of the problem, vital for gauging the importance of preventing the problem and for making the case for such efforts in public discussion of priorities;
- Biological and environmental influences which increase or decrease the likelihood of these problems; and,
- Principles, programs and policies that have been shown to reduce the incidence of each problem, information that can help in prevention of these behaviors.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, USA

    Anthony Biglan

  • Temple University, Philadelphia, USA

    Margaret C. Wang

  • University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Herbert J. Walberg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Preventing Youth Problems

  • Editors: Anthony Biglan, Margaret C. Wang, Herbert J. Walberg

  • Series Title: Issues in Children's and Families' Lives

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6236-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-47733-1Published: 31 May 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3398-0Published: 22 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-6236-5Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1572-1981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 188

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Child and School Psychology, Social Sciences, general

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