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Psychoenvironmental Forces in Substance Abuse Prevention

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

AvLorand B. Szalay,Jean Bryson Strohl,Kathleen T. Doherty

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Psychological vulnerabilities and environment influences are the most powerful forces shaping the behavior and choices of students to use harmful substances. This book employs computer-assisted Associative Group Analysis technology of comparative imaging and cognitive mapping to identify these factors and offers new perspectives for more comprehensive risk assessments and effective prevention.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-06-22
Mått152 x 229 x 21 mm
Vikt549 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCognition and Language: A Series in Psycholinguistics
Antal sidor360
FörlagSpringer-Verlag New York Inc.
ISBN9781475782608

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Introduction: Tracing Dispositions Affecting the Use of Harmful Substances.- The Assessment of Internal Dispositions Through Comparative Imaging.- Alcohol, Drugs: Images that Help to Identify Sources of Differences between Use and Non-use.- Additional Images (Friends, Fun) Useful in Tracing Psychological Dispositions to Use Alcohol and Drugs.- The System.- The Assessment of Vulnerability/Resistance Through Cognitive Mapping.- The Measurement of Vulnerability/Resistance.- Vulnerability and Resistance.- Criterion and Construct Validation of the Vulnerability/Resistance Measure.- Tracing the Effects of Background and Lifestyle on the Use of Harmful Substances.- Background and Group Membership.- Lifestyles Affecting Vulnerability to Substance Abuse.- Academic Performance and Lifestyles that Build Resistance.- Tracing Environmental Influences Cultural and Social.- Cultural Factors in Substance Abuse.- Acculturation—Its Impact on Substance Abuse.- The Phantom Power of Environmental Influences.- Program Development and Culturally Adapted Training.- Applications: Diagnostics, Program Planning, and Evaluation.- An Early Warning System.- Planning and Targeting Programs Based on Imaging and Mapping.- Program Evaluation, Feedback by Measuring Vulnerability/Resistance.- The Latest Developments and Future Perspectives.- Some of the Well-known Approaches to Drug Prevention.- The Latest Scientific Developments Open a Window on Propensities.- Comprehensive Prevention.