Life Values and Adolescent Mental Health

by Patricia Cline Cohen and Jacob Cohen

Arising from the Cohens' work on the epidemiology of childhood psychopathology, this book explores the two aspects of motivational structure--ideas and values--that underlie the development of maladaptive functioning and symptoms. The first aspect is a measure of what children admire in their peers; this measure is seen as an operationalization of personal ideals. The second is a measure of life goals, seen as a representation of the contemporary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805817743
• ISBN13: 9780805817744
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.1"