The Origins and Development of Problem Behavior Theory

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This book, the first in a series of collected works, traces the evolution of Problem Behavior Theory from its inception to its current status as a widely used framework for understanding and addressing risky behavior in youth and young adults. The theory is explored from its beginnings as a study of deviant behavior and alcohol abuse in a tri-ethnic community through its expansion to include psychosocial aspects of development, risk and protective factors, and health behavior in the larger societal context of youth behavior. In its current form, Problem Behavior Theory constitutes an interdisciplinary approach to research personal and societal factors that are involved   in both normative and problematic behavior. Chapters highlight the many contributions of the theory to social science and its potential for informing evidence-based intervention and prevention programs for youth and young adults.

Topics featured in this book include:

• The Tri-EthnicCommunity Study.
  
• The Socialization of Problem Behavior in Youth Study.
  
• The Young Adult Follow-up Study.
  
• The problem behavior syndrome.
  
• The cross-national generality of Problem Behavior Theory.
  
• Problem Behavior Theory and adolescent pro-social behavior.
  

This book, the first in a series of collected works, traces the evolution of Problem Behavior Theory from its inception to its current status as a widely used framework for understanding and addressing risky behavior in youth and young adults. The theory is explored from its beginnings as a study of deviant behavior and alcohol abuse in a tri-ethnic community through its expansion to include psychosocial aspects of development, risk and protective factors, and health behavior in the larger societal context of youth behavior. In its current form, Problem Behavior Theory constitutes an interdisciplinary approach to research personal and societal factors that are involved   in both normative and problematic behavior. Chapters highlight the many contributions of the theory to social science and its potential for informing evidence-based intervention and prevention programs for youth and young adults.

• The Tri-Ethnic Community Study.
  
• The Socialization of Problem Behavior in Youth Study.
  
• The Young Adult Follow-up Study.
  
• The problem behavior syndrome.
  
• The cross-national generality of Problem Behavior Theory.
  
• Problem Behavior Theory and adolescent pro-social behavior.
  

The Origins and Development of Problem Behavior Theory is a must-have resource for researchers/professors, clinicians, and related professionals as well as graduate students in social and developmental psychology, criminology/criminal justice, public health, social work, and related disciplines.

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Richard Jessor

Themen in »The Origins and Development of Problem Behavior Theory«

Adolescent behavior and development Adolescent problem behavior in China Adolescent problem behavior in the United States Cross-national generality of Problem Behavior Theory Deviant behavior and adolescence Dynamics of protection during adolescence Dynamics of risk during adolescence Emerging adulthood and Problem Behavior Theory Personality and deviant behavior in youth Problem behavior during emerging adulthood Problem Behavior Theory and adolescent development Problem Behavior Theory and Young Adulthood Prosocial behavior and Chinese adolescents Prosocial behavior and U.S. adolescents Protective factors in adolescence

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