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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|84 pages
Conceptualizing Risk
chapter 1|17 pages
Reply Risk Behavior in Adolescence
chapter 3|15 pages
Referring and Reporting Research Participants at Risk
chapter 4|30 pages
The Psychosocial Foundations of Early Adolescents' High-Risk Behavior
part 2|43 pages
Internalizing Problems
chapter 6|14 pages
Conduct and affective disorders in developmental perspective
part 3|66 pages
Problems of Sexual Behavior
part 4|94 pages
Problems of Substance Use/Abuse
chapter 12|16 pages
How Part-Time Work Intensity Relates to Drug Use, Problem Behavior, Time Use, and Satisfaction Among High School Seniors
chapter 16|21 pages
The Path to Alcohol Problems Through Conduct Problems
part 5|58 pages
Delinquency and School Drop-Out