Handbook of Adolescent Health Risk Behavior

Book Overview

Adolescence is a developmental period of accelerating physical, psychological, social cultural, and cognitive development, often characterized by confronting and surmounting a myriad of challenges and establishing a sense of self-identity and autonomy. It is also, unfortunately, a period fraught with many threats to the health and well-being of adoles- cents and with substantial consequent impairment and disability. Many of the adverse health consequences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306451476
• ISBN13: 9780306451478
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 7.5" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

Megabook on adolescent risk behaviors

As a student I found the book to be loaded with facts and useful information. The flow of content was a bit disjointed due no doubt to the multiple authors. It is definitely not a "cheerful" book. Covers trends, theories and various problem behaviors such as tobacco use, suicide and homelessness. Even though it is a wonderful resource, it seems a bit dated in the fields of adolescent violence and juvenile justice.