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654394
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| Main Entry
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Szalay, Lorand B
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| Title & Author
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Psychoenvironmental forces in substance abuse prevention /\ Lorand B. Szalay and Jean Bryson Strohl and Kathleen T. Doherty
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| Series Statement
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Cognition and language
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xv, 360 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0306459639
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: 9780306459634
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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| Contents
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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
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(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
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Substance abuse-- Psychological aspects
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Students-- Substance use-- Psychological aspects
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Substance abuse-- Prevention
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Social perception
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Substance-Related Disorders-- prevention control
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Substance-Related Disorders-- psychology
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| Dewey Classification
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362.29/17
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| LC Classification
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HV4998.S93 1999
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2009 C-719
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WM 270S9955p 1999
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Strohl, Jean Bryson
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Doherty, Kathleen T
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