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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791078503321

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, CA : , : SAGE, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-4833-2767-1

1-4522-4855-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xxvi, 374 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Banff international behavioral science series ; ; v. 3

Altri autori (Persone)

PetersRay DeV. <1942->

McMahonRobert J <1953-> (Robert Joseph)

Disciplina

618.928582

Soggetti

Conduct disorders in children - Prevention

Conduct disorders in adolescence - Prevention

Children - Substance use

Teenagers - Substance use

Substance abuse - Prevention

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

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