Adolescent Health : a Multidisciplinary Approach to Theory, Research, and Intervention.

Adolescent Health is a survey textbook that includes an overview of existing theories and current research on interventions that address the social morbidities and mortalities of adolescents. Author Lynn Rew examines theories from a variety of professional disciplines that provide frameworks for und...

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Main Author: Rew, D. Lynn
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Foreword; Introduction; 1
  • Adolescent Health and Health-Risk Behaviors; 2
  • Theoretical Approaches to Adolescent Health and Health-Risk Behavior; 3
  • Adolescent Development; 4
  • Theories of Self: Identity and Self-Care; 5
  • Theories of Stress and Coping; 6
  • Risk, Vulnerability, and Problem Behavior; 7
  • Conceptualizations of Resilience and Protection; 8
  • Theories of Social Cognition; 9
  • Health Belief and Health-Promotion Models; 10
  • Theories of Decision Making and Behavior Change; 11
  • Qualitative Approaches to Knowledge Development