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New Perspectives on Adolescent Risk Behavior

Richard Jessor editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:28th Sep '98

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New ideas on risk behavior among adolescents.

In this collection of chapters, leading scholars of adolescent risk behavior present the most recent ideas and findings about the variety of behaviors that can compromise adolescent development, including drug use, risky driving, early sexual activity, depression, and school disengagement. In particular, the volume emphasizes new perspectives on development and on person-centered analysis.In this collection of chapters, leading scholars of adolescent risk behavior present the most recent ideas and findings about the variety of behaviors that can compromise adolescent development, including drug use, risky driving, early sexual activity, depression, and school disengagement. In particular, the volume emphasizes new perspectives on development and on person-centered analysis.

"This is a well written book....of particular interest to clinicians with an interest in adolescent psychiatry." Laurence Jerome, Canadian Academy of Child Psychiatry

ISBN: 9780521584326

Dimensions: 236mm x 160mm x 38mm

Weight: 974g

576 pages