Core Competencies to Prevent Problem Behaviors Promote Positive - New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, Number 122

Informationen zum Autor NANCY G. GUERRA is a professor and the director of the Academic Center for Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention at the University of California! Riverside. CATHERINE P. BRADSHAW is an assistant professor and the associate director for the Johns Hopkins Center for the Prevention of Youth Violence at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Klappentext Adolescence generally is considered a time of experimentation and increased involvement in risk or problem behaviors! including early school leaving! violence! substance use! and high-risk sexual behavior. In this volume! the authors show how individual competencies linked to well-being can reduce youth involvement in these risk behaviors. Zusammenfassung Adolescence generally is considered a time of experimentation and increased involvement in risk or problem behaviors! including early school leaving! violence! substance use! and high-risk sexual behavior. In this volume! the authors show how individual competencies linked to well-being can reduce youth involvement in these risk behaviors. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Linking the Prevention of Problem Behaviors and Positive Youth Development: Core Competencies for Positive Youth Development and Risk Prevention (Nancy G. Guerra! Catherine P. Bradshaw) This introductory chapter describes a set of core competencies (a positive sense of self! self-control! decision-making skills! a moral system of belief! and prosocial connectedness) that are important for promoting positive youth development and reducing at-risk behavior in youth. 2. Core Competencies and the Prevention of School Failure and Early School Leaving (Catherine P. Bradshaw! Lindsey M. O'Brennan! Clea A. McNeely) The authors highlight the importance of prosocial connectedness to the school environment! other youth! and parents in promoting success at school. 3. Core Competencies and the Prevention of Youth Violence (Terri N. Sullivan! Albert D. Farrell! Amie F. Bettencourt! Sarah W. Helms) The authors use a social-cognitive perspective to frame the role of the core competencies in the prevention of aggressive and violent behavior. 4. Core Competencies and the Prevention of Adolescent Substance Use (Tamara M. Haegerich! Patrick H. Tolan) This chapter adopts a developmental-ecological perspective and emphasizes the importance of a positive sense of self and self-control in reducing problem use of drugs and alcohol. 5. Core Competencies and the Prevention of High-Risk Sexual Behavior (Vignetta Eugenia Charles! Robert Wm. Blum) Research is summarized to illustrate the importance of effective decision making! a positive sense of self! and prosocial connectedness for the promotion of healthy romantic relationships in adolescence. 6. Programs and Policies That Promote Positive Youth Development and Prevent Risky Behaviors: An International Perspective (Sophie Naudeau! Wendy Cunningham! Mattias K. A. Lundberg! Linda McGinnis) The authors identify challenges that youth face in developing countries and recommend a set of policies and programs that are effective within these contexts. 7. Future Directions for Research on Core Competencies (Catherine P. Bradshaw! Nancy G. Guerra) This concluding commentary discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the core competency approach and suggests directions for future research and prevention programming. INDEX. ...

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• Authors: Adolescent Development), Cad (Child & Adolescent Development), Cad (Child &, Nancy G. (EDT)/ Larson Guerra
• Assisted by: Catherine P. Bradshaw (Editor), Nancy G. Guerra (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.12.2008
• EAN: 9780470442166
• ISBN: 978-0-470-44216-6
• No. of pages: 112
• Series: New Directions for Child & Ado; New Directions for Child & Ado
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology