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This book 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. It is an
important resource for psychologists, sociologists, social workers,
and educators, as well as for upper-level students in these
areas.
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.
What do evolutionary science and contextual behavioral science have
in common? Edited by David Sloan Wilson and Steven C. Hayes, this
groundbreaking book offers a glimpse into the histories of these
two schools of thought, and provides a sound rationale for their
reintegration. Evolutionary science (ES) provides a unifying
theoretical framework for the biological sciences, and is
increasingly being applied to the human-related sciences.
Meanwhile, contextual behavioral science (CBS) seeks to understand
the history and function of human behavior in the context of
everyday life where behaviors occur, and to influence behavior in a
practical sense. This volume seeks to integrate these two bodies of
knowledge that have developed largely independently. In Evolution
and Contextual Behavioral Science, two renowned experts in their
fields argue why ES and CBS are intrinsically linked, as well as
why their reintegration-or, reunification-is essential. The main
purpose of this book is to continue to move CBS under the umbrella
of ES, and to help evolutionary scientists understand how working
alongside contextual behavioral scientists can foster both the
development of ES principles and their application to practical
situations. Rather than the sequential relationship that is
typically imagined between these two schools of thought, this
volume envisions a parallel relationship between ES and CBS, where
science can best influence positive change in the real world.
Clinicians and researchers have long recognized that adolescent
delinquency, substance use, smoking, and risky sexual behavior tend
to co-occur. Until now, however, the field has lacked a thoughtful
examination of why this pattern exists and the implications for
research, policy, and practice. Filling a crucial gap, this volume
provides a comprehensive analysis of current knowledge on the
multiproblem phenomenon. Leading interdisciplinary experts draw on
clinical and public health perspectives to shed new light on the
causes and consequences of adolescent behavior problems/m-/and to
examine "what works" in prevention and treatment. Mapping out
important future directions for the field, this is a
state-of-the-science sourcebook and text for anyone working with or
studying adolescents at risk. The volume first reviews the
epidemiology of serious youth problems and documents their costs to
individuals, families, and communities. A lifespan developmental
perspective is brought to bear on understanding risk and protective
factors for problem behavior, with consideration of biological,
family, school, peer, and community influences.; Building on these
foundations, subsequent chapters pres
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