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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780143403321

Titolo

Adolescent risk and vulnerability [[electronic resource] ] : concepts and measurement / / Baruch Fischhoff, Elena O. Nightingale, Joah G. Iannotta, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, : National Academy Press, c2001

ISBN

0-309-17036-2

0-309-50983-1

Descrizione fisica

xi, 152 p. : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

FischhoffBaruch <1946->

NightingaleElena O

IannottaJoah G

Disciplina

362.7/083/0973

Soggetti

Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence - United States

Teenagers - United States - Social conditions

Teenagers - Health risk assessment - United States

Youth - Government policy - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Adolescent risk and vulnerability: approaches to setting priorities to reduce their burden -- 2. Perceptions of risk and vulnerability / Baruch Fischhoff and Elena O. Nightingale -- 3. Vulnerability, risk, and protection / Susan G. Millstein and Bonnie L. Halpern-Felsher -- 4. Modeling the payoffs of interventions to reduce adolescent vulnerability / Robert William Blum, Clea McNeely, and James Nonnemaker -- 5. Adolescent vulnerability: measurement and priority setting / Martha R. Burt, Janine M. Zweig, and John Roman.