عنوان

Psychoenvironmental forces in substance abuse prevention /

0306459639

9780306459634

dltt

Psychoenvironmental forces in substance abuse prevention /

[Book]

Lorand B. Szalay and Jean Bryson Strohl and Kathleen T. Doherty

xv, 360 pages :

illustrations ;

24 cm

Cognition and language

Includes bibliographical references and index

Introduction: Tracing Dispositions Affecting the Use of Harmful Substances -- Pt. I. The Assessment of Internal Dispositions through Comparative Imaging -- 1. Alcohol, Drugs: Images That Help to Identify Sources of Differences between Use and Non-Use -- 2. Additional Images (Friends, Fun) Useful in Tracing Psychological Dispositions to Use Alcohol and Drugs -- 3. The System: Mapping the World of Users and Nonusers -- Pt. II. The Assessment of Vulnerability/Resistance through Cognitive Mapping -- 4. The Measurement of Vulnerability/Resistance: The Propensity for Substance Abuse -- 5. Vulnerability and Resistance: The Effects of Using Various Harmful Substances -- 6. Criterion and Construct Validation of the Vulnerability/Resistance Measure -- Pt. III. Tracing the Effects of Background and Lifestyle on the Use of Harmful Substances -- 7. Background and Group Membership: Factors Affecting Substance Abuse -- 8. Lifestyles Affecting Vulnerability to Substance Abuse -- 9. Academic Performance and Lifestyles That Build Resistance -- Pt. IV. Tracing Environmental Influences, Cultural and Social -- 10. Cultural Factors in Substance Abuse -- 11. Acculturation -- Its Impact on Substance Abuse: Puerto Ricans in New York -- 12. The Phantom Power of Environmental Influences -- 13. Program Development and Culturally Adapted Training -- Pt. V. Applications: Diagnostics, Program Planning, and Evaluation -- 14. An Early Warning System: Assessment of Risks by Measuring Vulnerability/Resistance -- 15. Planning and Targeting Programs Based on Imaging and Mapping -- 16. Program Evaluation, Feedback by Measuring Vulnerability/Resistance -- Pt. VI. The Latest Developments and Future Perspectives -- 17. Some of the Well-Known Approaches to Drug Prevention -- 18. The Latest Scientific Developments Open a Window on Propensities -- 19. Comprehensive Prevention: Future Perspectives -- App. Comparative Imaging and Mapping by the Associative Group Analysis (AGA) Method

0

(Publisher-supplied data) 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

Social perception

Students-- Substance use-- Psychological aspects

Substance abuse-- Prevention

Substance abuse-- Psychological aspects

Substance-Related Disorders-- prevention & control

Substance-Related Disorders-- psychology

Szalay, Lorand B

Doherty, Kathleen T

Strohl, Jean Bryson

20160712064319.0

[Book]

Y