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Psychoenvironmental Forces in Substance Abuse Prevention

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Authors:
  1. Lorand B. Szalay

    1. Institute of Comparative Social and Cultural Studies, Inc., Chevy Chase

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  2. Jean Bryson Strohl

    1. Institute of Comparative Social and Cultural Studies, Inc., Chevy Chase

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  3. Kathleen T. Doherty

    1. Gettysburg College, Gettysburg

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Introduction: Tracing Dispositions Affecting the Use of Harmful Substances

    1. Introduction

      Pages 1-18

  4. The Assessment of Vulnerability/Resistance Through Cognitive Mapping

    1. The Measurement of Vulnerability/Resistance

      Pages 77-85

    2. Vulnerability and Resistance

      Pages 87-101

    3. Criterion and Construct Validation of the Vulnerability/Resistance Measure

      Pages 103-109

  5. Tracing the Effects of Background and Lifestyle on the Use of Harmful Substances

    1. Background and Group Membership

      Pages 113-131

    2. Lifestyles Affecting Vulnerability to Substance Abuse

      Pages 133-146

    3. Academic Performance and Lifestyles that Build Resistance

      Pages 147-159

  7. Applications: Diagnostics, Program Planning, and Evaluation

    1. An Early Warning System

      Pages 235-245

    2. Planning and Targeting Programs Based on Imaging and Mapping

      Pages 247-260

    3. Program Evaluation, Feedback by Measuring Vulnerability/Resistance

      Pages 261-277

  8. The Latest Developments and Future Perspectives

    1. Some of the Well-known Approaches to Drug Prevention

      Pages 281-294

    2. The Latest Scientific Developments Open a Window on Propensities

      Pages 295-306
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Psychological vulnerabilities and environment influences are the most powerful forces shaping the behavior and choices of students to use harmful substances. This book employs computer-assisted Associative Group Analysis technology of comparative imaging and cognitive mapping to identify these factors and offers new perspectives for more comprehensive risk assessments and effective prevention.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Comparative Social and Cultural Studies, Inc., Chevy Chase

    Lorand B. Szalay, Jean Bryson Strohl

  • Gettysburg College, Gettysburg

    Kathleen T. Doherty

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Psychoenvironmental Forces in Substance Abuse Prevention

  • Authors: Lorand B. Szalay, Jean Bryson Strohl, Kathleen T. Doherty

  • Series Title: Cognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/b112236

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45963-4Due: 31 July 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-8260-8Published: 22 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-306-47158-2Published: 07 March 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 360

  • Number of Illustrations: 38 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Public Health, Epidemiology, Cognitive Psychology

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