Preventing childhood disorders, substance abuse, and delinquency [[electronic resource] /] / Ray DeV. Peters, Robert J. McMahon, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480798703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, CA., : SAGE, c1996
• ISBN: 1-4833-2767-1; 1-4522-4855-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (401 p.)
• Collana: Banff international behavioral science series ; ; v. 3
• Altri autori (Persone): PetersRay DeV. <1942->; McMahonRobert J <1953-> (Robert Joseph)
• Disciplina: 618.92; 618.92/8582; 618.928582
• Soggetti: Conduct disorders in children - Prevention; Conduct disorders in adolescence - Prevention; Children - Substance use; Teenagers - Substance use; Substance abuse - Prevention; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The prevention of violence and antisocial behavior / John D. Coie -- Promoting development and preventing disorder : the better beginnings, better future project / Ray DeV. Peters and Carol Crill Russell -- The comprehensive child development program and other early intervention program models / Peter Pizzolongo -- Social skill training in the fast track program / Karen L. Bierman and Mark T. Greenberg -- Family-based intervention in the fast track program / Robert J. McMahon and Nancy M. Slough -- Social-cognitive intervention with aggressive children : prevention effects and contextual implementation issues / John E. Lochman and Karen C. Wells -- Promising directions in the design of parent training programs for children with disruptive behavior disorder : improving availability, utilization, and cost-efficacy / Charles E. Cunningham -- Parental ; engagement interventions for children at risk for conduct disorder / Ronald J. Prinz and Gloria E. Miller -- Preventive interventions for high-risk youth : the adolescent transitions program / Thomas J. Dishion ... [et al.] -- Substance abuse prevention through life skills training / Gilbert J. Botvin -- The strengthening families program for the prevention of delinquency and drug use / Karol L. Kumpfer, Virginia Molgaard, and Richard Spoth -- From childhood physical aggression to adolescent maladjustment : the Montreal prevention experiment / Richard E. Tremblay ... [et al.] -- Illustrating framework for rural prevention research : project family studies of rural family participation and outcomes / Richard Spoth and Cleve Redmond -- The state of prevention and early intervention / David R. Offord.
• Sommario/riassunto: `Increasingly in the past few years, there has been much public concern about crime, in particular crimes of violence, and the increase in aggression and anti-social behaviour among adolescents... The theme of this book is prevention and early intervention. It will be of interest to a wide readership... the book provides an excellent review of current thinking and research on prevention. It is full of imaginative initiatives and does not ignore the problems' - The Psychologist Outcome studies have shown that treatment programmes for child and adolescent social and be