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Adolescents and Risk Making Sense of Adolescent Psychology

Patrick B. Johnson, Micheline S. Malow-Iroff

Book Code: GR3687

ISBN: 0-313-33687-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-313-33687-4

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160 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 3/30/2008

List Price: $49.95 (UK Sterling Price: £27.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Series Title: Making Sense of Psychology

Endorsement From Lewis A. Opler, MD, PhD
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry,
Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons: Adolescents and Risk: Making Sense of Adolescent Psychology is a valuable source of information for policy makers, researchers, and clinicians, as well as a practical "survival guide" for parents/teachers/adolescents traversing the inevitable stresses and strains that come with adolescence.
Endorsement From Lawrence S. Gaines, Ph.D.
Dept. of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University: As I read Adolescents and Risk: Making Sense of Adolescent Psychology I found myself thinking about it from the perspective of a parent, clinical psychologist and researcher. This book can be useful and stimulating to all three groups because of what and how it presents theory and research findings about adolescent risk-taking. Most important, it presents information from studies that are phenomenological and illustrate how intentions and will are experienced. I think this is important because too often we read about risk-taking in the context of executive processes but not the experience of young decision makers. As to its method of presentation, it emphasizes developmental processes that can be verbally engaged and stimulated according to effective developmentally-sensitive interventions. Even my seventeen year old daughter found it stimulating.
Endorsement From Steven Belenko, Ph.D.,
Professor, Temple University: This important and well-written new book tackles a wide range of risk behaviors among adolescents in an engaging, thorough, and reasoned manner. The book is extremely well organized into types of risk behaviors and covers various theories of adolescent risk with clarity and a critical eye. The inclusion of gambling, often ignored in discussions of problem addictive behavior, is one of the many notable aspects of this book and represents a newly emerging problem for teens. The organization of the book allows the reader to absorb detailed information about each type of risk-taking, while making the necessary connection among the different behaviors. Drs. Johnson and Malow-Iroff succinctly illustrate programs that are effective, as well as those that have not been demonstrated to reduce adolescent risk behaviors. This valuable guide should be mandatory reading.

Description: Substance abuse, gambling, sexual promiscuity, violence, mental health problems, suicide: all are risky and dangerous consequences of adolescent instability. Through the implementation of psychological research and basic theories, Johnson and Malow-Iroff expertly assess each specific risk behavior as it correlates with demographics, socio-economic statuses, and cultural factors surrounding today's youth. In addition, this book provides resources for handling harmful situations facing adolescents, offering practical and straightforward methods to aid one in negotiating positive paths for those in distress. Parents, educators, and adolescents alike will only benefit from knowing the causes of adolescent risk-taking and the ways of preventing such behavior. Each chapter is devoted to a specific risk that many adolescents take throughout their teenage years. These include: drug abuse, gambling, sex, violence, and suicide. Johnson and Malow-Iroff discuss the mental health problems that lead to dangerous activities. Each topic explains the causes that lead to these risky behaviors, ways to prevent them, and advice that will be useful to parents and educators in addressing these issues.

Table of Contents:

Series Foreword
Chapter One: Introduction
Chapter Two: Adolescent Drug Use
Chapter Three: Adolescent Gambling
Chapter Four: Adolescent Sex
Chapter Five: Adolescent Violence
Chapter Six: Adolescent Suicide
Chapter Seven: Beyond Risk: Adolescent Mental Disorders
Chapter Eight: Possible Causes of Adolescent Risk Taking
Chapter Nine: Preventing Adolescent Risk Taking
Chapter Ten: Conclusion
Index

LC Card Number: 2007043643

LCC Class: BF724

Dewey Class: 155

PDF Catalogs:
Psychology Catalog 2008.pdf	Praeger Public Library Spring 2008.pdf
Praeger Health and Wellness Spring 2008.pdf	Academic Library Fall 2008.pdf


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