ABSTRACT

The articles in this volume illustrate how development is propelled by the bidirectional relations that occur between the person and all levels of the context. The authors argue that adolescent life is embedded in a complicated developmental system involving multiple features of the individual (e.g., biology, emotions, personality, and cognition) and the multiple levels of his or her social ecology (e.g., peers, family, school, the workplace, and the public policy and legal systems that structure and impact behavioural opportunities for and the actions of adolescents). These articles have important implications for the design of interventions aimed at adolescent problem behaviours.

part 1|84 pages

Conceptualizing Risk

chapter 1|17 pages

Reply Risk Behavior in Adolescence

A Psychosocial Framework for Understanding and Action

chapter 5|10 pages

High-Risk Children in Young Adulthood

A Longitudinal Study from Birth to 32 Years

part 4|94 pages

Problems of Substance Use/Abuse

chapter 16|21 pages

The Path to Alcohol Problems Through Conduct Problems

A Family-Based Approach to Very Early Intervention With Risk

part 5|58 pages

Delinquency and School Drop-Out

chapter 17|12 pages

Unraveling Girls' Delinquency

Biological, Dispositional, and Contextual Contributions to Adolescent Misbehavior

chapter 19|10 pages

Homeless Adolescents

A Descriptive Study of Similarities and Differences Between Runaways and Throwaways