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- catalog abstract "Our nation's youth are at risk for drug and alcohol abuse, unsafe sexual practices, teen pregnancy, academic underachievement, delinquency, and crime and violence. What can be done to prevent these problems from occurring? Outlining a vigorous "call to arms," this volume describes the steps needed to overcome these potential problems by enhancing academic researchers' responsiveness to the needs of the community and encouraging them to apply the results of research findings to community outreach. After reviewing the problems that beset today's youth, Lerner offers a model - developmental contextualism - that provides a theoretical framework for viewing child and adolescent development in relation to specific features of environmental "context," such as family, neighborhood, society, and culture. This model is used to describe the problems and the potentials that are associated with the bidirectional relationships between youth and their contexts. Lerner asserts that, by altering the context in which youth live, researchers can test the effectiveness of policies and/or programs in creating desired changes in children's and adolescents' behavior and development.".
- catalog contributor b7395402.
- catalog contributor b7395403.
- catalog created "c1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "c1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1995.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-139) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Our nation's youth are at risk for drug and alcohol abuse, unsafe sexual practices, teen pregnancy, academic underachievement, delinquency, and crime and violence. What can be done to prevent these problems from occurring? Outlining a vigorous "call to arms," this volume describes the steps needed to overcome these potential problems by enhancing academic researchers' responsiveness to the needs of the community and encouraging them to apply the results of research findings to community outreach. After reviewing the problems that beset today's youth, Lerner offers a model - developmental contextualism - that provides a theoretical framework for viewing child and adolescent development in relation to specific features of environmental "context," such as family, neighborhood, society, and culture. This model is used to describe the problems and the potentials that are associated with the bidirectional relationships between youth and their contexts. Lerner asserts that, by altering the context in which youth live, researchers can test the effectiveness of policies and/or programs in creating desired changes in children's and adolescents' behavior and development.".
- catalog description "The contemporary crises of America's children and adolescents -- An overview of developmental contextualism -- An integrative vision of human development research and outreach -- Designing successful prevention programs -- Key principles of successful prevention programs -- Meeting the challenges facing America's universities by integrating research and outreach -- Implications for social and academic policy.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 147 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "America's youth in crisis.".
- catalog identifier "0803970684 (cl.)".
- catalog identifier "0803970692 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "America's youth in crisis.".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "c1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications,".
- catalog relation "America's youth in crisis.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "305.23/5/0973 20".
- catalog subject "Adolescents".
- catalog subject "Education and state United States.".
- catalog subject "HQ796 .L382 1995".
- catalog subject "Poverty United States.".
- catalog subject "United States".
- catalog subject "Youth Government policy United States.".
- catalog subject "Youth United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "The contemporary crises of America's children and adolescents -- An overview of developmental contextualism -- An integrative vision of human development research and outreach -- Designing successful prevention programs -- Key principles of successful prevention programs -- Meeting the challenges facing America's universities by integrating research and outreach -- Implications for social and academic policy.".
- catalog title "America's youth in crisis : challenges and options for programs and policies / Richard M. Lerner.".
- catalog type "text".