Daniel Romer received a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1974. He is currently Research Director at the Institute for Adolescent Risk Communication at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania.

• Preface - Daniel Romer1. Prospects for an Integrated Approach to Adolescent Risk ReductionPART I. ADOLESCENTS AS DECISION MAKERSSection A. Differing Views of Adolescent Decision Making2. Changing Views on the Nature and Prevention of Adolescent Risk Taking - James Byrnes3. Is Decision Making the Right Framework for Research on Adolescent Risk Taking? - Laurence Steinberg4. The Two Faces of Adolescent Invulnerability - Daniel LapsleySection B. Affect, Risk Perception, and Behavior5. Risk Perception: Construct Development, Links to Theory, Correlates, and Manifestations - Susan Millstein6. Affect, Analysis, Adolescence, and Risk - Paul Slovic7. Toward an Understanding of the Role of Perceived Risk in HIV Prevention Research - Martin Fishbein8. Alcohol and Illicit Drugs: The Role of Risk Perceptions - Lloyd Johnston9. Adolescents′ Risk Perceptions and Behavioral Willingness: Implications for Intervention - Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, & Michelle L. GanoSection C. Problem-Solving Approaches10. A Problem Solving Approach to Preventing Early High-Risk Behaviors in Children and Preteens - Myrna Shure11. Contemporary School-Based Prevention Approaches and the Perceived Risks & Benefits of Substance Use - Kenneth Griffin12. Decision-Making Competence & Risk Behavior - Andrew Parker & Baruch Fischhoff13. Time Perspective: A Potentially Important Construct for Decreasing Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents - Geoffrey T. Fong & Peter A. Hall14. The Influence of School Atmosphere and Development on Adolescents′ Perceptions of Risks and Prevention: Cynicism Versus Skepticism - Maria D. LaRusso & Robert L. SelmanPART II. COMMON PATHWAYS & INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT RISK BEHAVIORSection A. Multiple-Problem Youth15. Preventing Multiple Problem Behaviors in Adolescence - Anthony Biglan & Christine Cody16. Screening & Early Intervention for Antisocial Youth Within School Settings as a Strategy for Reducing Substance Use - Herbert Severson, Judy Andrews, & Hill M. Walker17. Preventive Interventions for Externalizing Disorders in Adolescents - Ken C. Winters, Gerald August, & Willa LeittenSection B. Personality and Other Dispositions18. Genetic Basis of Substance Use and Dependence: Implications for Prevention in High-Risk Youth - Caryn Lerman, Freda Patterson, & Alexandra Shields19. Health Risk Takers and Prevention - Lewis Donohew, Philip Palmgreen, Rick Zimmerman, Nancy Harrington, & Derek Lane20. Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression: Implications for Adolescent Risk Behavior in General - Lauren B. Alloy, Lin Zhu, & Lyn AbramsonSection C. Peers and Parents21. EMOSA Sexuality Models, Memes, and the Tipping Point: Policy & Program Implications - Joseph Rodgers22. Sustaining and Broadening Intervention Effect: Social Norms, Core Values, and Parents - Bonita Stanton & James BurnsSection D. Media Interventions23. Adolescent Risk Behavior Research and Media-Based Health Messages - Barbara Delaney24. Using Beliefs About Positive and Negative Consequences as the Basis for Designing Message Interventions for Lowering Risky Behavior - Joseph Cappella, Marco Yzer, & Martin FishbeinPART III. PERSPECTIVES FROM DIFFERENT RISK-RESEARCH TRADITIONSSection A. Gambling25. Adolescent Gambling: Risk Factors and Implications for Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment - Mark Griffiths26. Understanding Youth Gambling Problems: A Conceptual Framework - Jeffrey Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Laurie Dickson, Karen Hardoon, & Anne-Elyse Deguire27. A Perspective on Adolescent Gambling: Relationship to Other Risk Behaviors and Implications for Prevention Strategies - Marc Potenza28. Why Pay Attention to Adolescent Gambling - Rachel VolbergSection B. Sexual Behavior29. Risk and Protective Factors Affecting Teen Pregnancy and the Effectiveness of Programs Designed to Address Them - Douglas Kirby30. Healthy Sexual Development: Notes on Programs that Reduce the Risk of Early Sexual Initiation and Adolescent Pregnancy - Mignon Moore & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn31. Adolescent Sex and the Rhetoric of Risk - J. Dennis FortenberrySection C. Suicide32. Suicide Risk Among Adolescents - Madelyn Gould33. Some Strategies to Prevent Youth Suicide - David Brent34. Implications of Focusing on Black Youth Self-Destructive Behaviors Instead of Suicide When Designing Preventative Interventions - Sean JoeSection D. Alcohol and Drugs35. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana Use Among Youth: Same-Time and Lagged and Simultaneous-Change Associations in a Sample of 9- to 18-Year-Olds - Robert HornikPART IV. OVERARCHING APPROACHES & RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH36. Positive Youth Is Necessary and Possible - Brian Flay37. Youth Development Programs and Healthy Development: A Review and Next Steps - Jodie Roth & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn38. A Contextual Perspective for Understanding and Preventing STD/HIV Among Adolescents - Ralph DiClemente, Gina Wingood, & Richard A. Crosby39. Findings & Future Directions - Kathleen Jamieson & Daniel RomerAppendix AAppendix BReferencesIndexAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors

"What an extraordinary volume! This book brings together current research integrating adolescent risk and protection across a wide range of topics and disciplines. It is a major contribution to the field."

Daniel Romer received a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1974. He is currently Research Director at the Institute for Adolescent Risk Communication at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania.

• Preface - Daniel Romer1. Prospects for an Integrated Approach to Adolescent Risk ReductionPART I. ADOLESCENTS AS DECISION MAKERSSection A. Differing Views of Adolescent Decision Making2. Changing Views on the Nature and Prevention of Adolescent Risk Taking - James Byrnes3. Is Decision Making the Right Framework for Research on Adolescent Risk Taking? - Laurence Steinberg4. The Two Faces of Adolescent Invulnerability - Daniel LapsleySection B. Affect, Risk Perception, and Behavior5. Risk Perception: Construct Development, Links to Theory, Correlates, and Manifestations - Susan Millstein6. Affect, Analysis, Adolescence, and Risk - Paul Slovic7. Toward an Understanding of the Role of Perceived Risk in HIV Prevention Research - Martin Fishbein8. Alcohol and Illicit Drugs: The Role of Risk Perceptions - Lloyd Johnston9. Adolescents′ Risk Perceptions and Behavioral Willingness: Implications for Intervention - Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, & Michelle L. GanoSection C. Problem-Solving Approaches10. A Problem Solving Approach to Preventing Early High-Risk Behaviors in Children and Preteens - Myrna Shure11. Contemporary School-Based Prevention Approaches and the Perceived Risks & Benefits of Substance Use - Kenneth Griffin12. Decision-Making Competence & Risk Behavior - Andrew Parker & Baruch Fischhoff13. Time Perspective: A Potentially Important Construct for Decreasing Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents - Geoffrey T. Fong & Peter A. Hall14. The Influence of School Atmosphere and Development on Adolescents′ Perceptions of Risks and Prevention: Cynicism Versus Skepticism - Maria D. LaRusso & Robert L. SelmanPART II. COMMON PATHWAYS & INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT RISK BEHAVIORSection A. Multiple-Problem Youth15. Preventing Multiple Problem Behaviors in Adolescence - Anthony Biglan & Christine Cody16. Screening & Early Intervention for Antisocial Youth Within School Settings as a Strategy for Reducing Substance Use - Herbert Severson, Judy Andrews, & Hill M. Walker17. Preventive Interventions for Externalizing Disorders in Adolescents - Ken C. Winters, Gerald August, & Willa LeittenSection B. Personality and Other Dispositions18. Genetic Basis of Substance Use and Dependence: Implications for Prevention in High-Risk Youth - Caryn Lerman, Freda Patterson, & Alexandra Shields19. Health Risk Takers and Prevention - Lewis Donohew, Philip Palmgreen, Rick Zimmerman, Nancy Harrington, & Derek Lane20. Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression: Implications for Adolescent Risk Behavior in General - Lauren B. Alloy, Lin Zhu, & Lyn AbramsonSection C. Peers and Parents21. EMOSA Sexuality Models, Memes, and the Tipping Point: Policy & Program Implications - Joseph Rodgers22. Sustaining and Broadening Intervention Effect: Social Norms, Core Values, and Parents - Bonita Stanton & James BurnsSection D. Media Interventions23. Adolescent Risk Behavior Research and Media-Based Health Messages - Barbara Delaney24. Using Beliefs About Positive and Negative Consequences as the Basis for Designing Message Interventions for Lowering Risky Behavior - Joseph Cappella, Marco Yzer, & Martin FishbeinPART III. PERSPECTIVES FROM DIFFERENT RISK-RESEARCH TRADITIONSSection A. Gambling25. Adolescent Gambling: Risk Factors and Implications for Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment - Mark Griffiths26. Understanding Youth Gambling Problems: A Conceptual Framework - Jeffrey Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Laurie Dickson, Karen Hardoon, & Anne-Elyse Deguire27. A Perspective on Adolescent Gambling: Relationship to Other Risk Behaviors and Implications for Prevention Strategies - Marc Potenza28. Why Pay Attention to Adolescent Gambling - Rachel VolbergSection B. Sexual Behavior29. Risk and Protective Factors Affecting Teen Pregnancy and the Effectiveness of Programs Designed to Address Them - Douglas Kirby30. Healthy Sexual Development: Notes on Programs that Reduce the Risk of Early Sexual Initiation and Adolescent Pregnancy - Mignon Moore & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn31. Adolescent Sex and the Rhetoric of Risk - J. Dennis FortenberrySection C. Suicide32. Suicide Risk Among Adolescents - Madelyn Gould33. Some Strategies to Prevent Youth Suicide - David Brent34. Implications of Focusing on Black Youth Self-Destructive Behaviors Instead of Suicide When Designing Preventative Interventions - Sean JoeSection D. Alcohol and Drugs35. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana Use Among Youth: Same-Time and Lagged and Simultaneous-Change Associations in a Sample of 9- to 18-Year-Olds - Robert HornikPART IV. OVERARCHING APPROACHES & RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH36. Positive Youth Is Necessary and Possible - Brian Flay37. Youth Development Programs and Healthy Development: A Review and Next Steps - Jodie Roth & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn38. A Contextual Perspective for Understanding and Preventing STD/HIV Among Adolescents - Ralph DiClemente, Gina Wingood, & Richard A. Crosby39. Findings & Future Directions - Kathleen Jamieson & Daniel RomerAppendix AAppendix BReferencesIndexAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors

"What an extraordinary volume! This book brings together current research integrating adolescent risk and protection across a wide range of topics and disciplines. It is a major contribution to the field."

Daniel Romer received a Ph.D. in Social Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 1974. He is currently Research Director at the Institute for Adolescent Risk Communication at the Annenberg Public Policy Center, University of Pennsylvania.

• Preface - Daniel Romer1. Prospects for an Integrated Approach to Adolescent Risk ReductionPART I. ADOLESCENTS AS DECISION MAKERSSection A. Differing Views of Adolescent Decision Making2. Changing Views on the Nature and Prevention of Adolescent Risk Taking - James Byrnes3. Is Decision Making the Right Framework for Research on Adolescent Risk Taking? - Laurence Steinberg4. The Two Faces of Adolescent Invulnerability - Daniel LapsleySection B. Affect, Risk Perception, and Behavior5. Risk Perception: Construct Development, Links to Theory, Correlates, and Manifestations - Susan Millstein6. Affect, Analysis, Adolescence, and Risk - Paul Slovic7. Toward an Understanding of the Role of Perceived Risk in HIV Prevention Research - Martin Fishbein8. Alcohol and Illicit Drugs: The Role of Risk Perceptions - Lloyd Johnston9. Adolescents′ Risk Perceptions and Behavioral Willingness: Implications for Intervention - Meg Gerrard, Frederick X. Gibbons, & Michelle L. GanoSection C. Problem-Solving Approaches10. A Problem Solving Approach to Preventing Early High-Risk Behaviors in Children and Preteens - Myrna Shure11. Contemporary School-Based Prevention Approaches and the Perceived Risks & Benefits of Substance Use - Kenneth Griffin12. Decision-Making Competence & Risk Behavior - Andrew Parker & Baruch Fischhoff13. Time Perspective: A Potentially Important Construct for Decreasing Health Risk Behaviors Among Adolescents - Geoffrey T. Fong & Peter A. Hall14. The Influence of School Atmosphere and Development on Adolescents′ Perceptions of Risks and Prevention: Cynicism Versus Skepticism - Maria D. LaRusso & Robert L. SelmanPART II. COMMON PATHWAYS & INFLUENCES ON ADOLESCENT RISK BEHAVIORSection A. Multiple-Problem Youth15. Preventing Multiple Problem Behaviors in Adolescence - Anthony Biglan & Christine Cody16. Screening & Early Intervention for Antisocial Youth Within School Settings as a Strategy for Reducing Substance Use - Herbert Severson, Judy Andrews, & Hill M. Walker17. Preventive Interventions for Externalizing Disorders in Adolescents - Ken C. Winters, Gerald August, & Willa LeittenSection B. Personality and Other Dispositions18. Genetic Basis of Substance Use and Dependence: Implications for Prevention in High-Risk Youth - Caryn Lerman, Freda Patterson, & Alexandra Shields19. Health Risk Takers and Prevention - Lewis Donohew, Philip Palmgreen, Rick Zimmerman, Nancy Harrington, & Derek Lane20. Cognitive Vulnerability to Depression: Implications for Adolescent Risk Behavior in General - Lauren B. Alloy, Lin Zhu, & Lyn AbramsonSection C. Peers and Parents21. EMOSA Sexuality Models, Memes, and the Tipping Point: Policy & Program Implications - Joseph Rodgers22. Sustaining and Broadening Intervention Effect: Social Norms, Core Values, and Parents - Bonita Stanton & James BurnsSection D. Media Interventions23. Adolescent Risk Behavior Research and Media-Based Health Messages - Barbara Delaney24. Using Beliefs About Positive and Negative Consequences as the Basis for Designing Message Interventions for Lowering Risky Behavior - Joseph Cappella, Marco Yzer, & Martin FishbeinPART III. PERSPECTIVES FROM DIFFERENT RISK-RESEARCH TRADITIONSSection A. Gambling25. Adolescent Gambling: Risk Factors and Implications for Prevention, Intervention, and Treatment - Mark Griffiths26. Understanding Youth Gambling Problems: A Conceptual Framework - Jeffrey Derevensky, Rina Gupta, Laurie Dickson, Karen Hardoon, & Anne-Elyse Deguire27. A Perspective on Adolescent Gambling: Relationship to Other Risk Behaviors and Implications for Prevention Strategies - Marc Potenza28. Why Pay Attention to Adolescent Gambling - Rachel VolbergSection B. Sexual Behavior29. Risk and Protective Factors Affecting Teen Pregnancy and the Effectiveness of Programs Designed to Address Them - Douglas Kirby30. Healthy Sexual Development: Notes on Programs that Reduce the Risk of Early Sexual Initiation and Adolescent Pregnancy - Mignon Moore & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn31. Adolescent Sex and the Rhetoric of Risk - J. Dennis FortenberrySection C. Suicide32. Suicide Risk Among Adolescents - Madelyn Gould33. Some Strategies to Prevent Youth Suicide - David Brent34. Implications of Focusing on Black Youth Self-Destructive Behaviors Instead of Suicide When Designing Preventative Interventions - Sean JoeSection D. Alcohol and Drugs35. Alcohol, Tobacco, and Marijuana Use Among Youth: Same-Time and Lagged and Simultaneous-Change Associations in a Sample of 9- to 18-Year-Olds - Robert HornikPART IV. OVERARCHING APPROACHES & RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH36. Positive Youth Is Necessary and Possible - Brian Flay37. Youth Development Programs and Healthy Development: A Review and Next Steps - Jodie Roth & Jeanne Brooks-Gunn38. A Contextual Perspective for Understanding and Preventing STD/HIV Among Adolescents - Ralph DiClemente, Gina Wingood, & Richard A. Crosby39. Findings & Future Directions - Kathleen Jamieson & Daniel RomerAppendix AAppendix BReferencesIndexAbout the EditorAbout the Contributors

"What an extraordinary volume! This book brings together current research integrating adolescent risk and protection across a wide range of topics and disciplines. It is a major contribution to the field."