Addressing the challenges and opportunities for today's youth: Toward an integrative model and its implications for research and intervention

Journal of Primary Prevention

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 117-144

  Schwartz, Seth J ^a   Pantin, Hilda ^a   Coatsworth, J Douglas ^b   Szapocznik, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Applied developmental science; Intervention; Positive youth development; Prevention; Protection; Risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MODEL; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL COGNITIVE THEORY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SOCIALIZATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947228311     PISSN: 0278095X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10935-007-0084-x     Document Type: Review

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