Health and Risk Issues in Adolescent Behavior

A Multi-factorial Perspective

Christiana Ayoade (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

256 Seiten

2013
Scholar's Press (Verlag)
978-3-639-51428-5 (ISBN)

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Are all adolescents at risk? Can the adolescent period be navigated without sliding into problem behaviors? Health and Risk Issues in Adolescence: A Multi-factorial Perspective answers these questions and presents a holistic approach to understanding the psychosocial factors that predict outcomes in development. In the past, the period of adolescence has been maligned with problematic outcomes and intervention programs based on risk reduction alone have been limited in success. In today's society which is ravaged by drug and alcohol abuse, violence, cultism, and crime, this book is a paradigm shift in the development of intervention programs. It deals with resiliency building as a basis for preventing risky behaviors. Special variables such as leisure, social self-image, peer pressure are examined, and how these variables are moderated by other developmental contexts. The information in this book will provide a pragmatic tool for stakeholders in adolescent development work. Parents, teachers, social workers, rehabilitation workers, researchers and all who desire to generate strong developmental support for their emerging adult will find invaluable information in this book.

Christiana Adenike Ayoade is a trained teacher and Counsellor, with over 20 years experience working in the education sector within and outside Nigeria. She holds a doctoral degree in Guidance and Counselling from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. She is currently the Executive Director of Trinity Academy, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.6.2013
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 220 mm
Gewicht	398 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	3-639-51428-9 / 3639514289
ISBN-13	978-3-639-51428-5 / 9783639514285
Zustand	Neuware