Self Regulatory Behavior and Risk Taking: Causes and Consequences
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ContributorsPrefacePt. 1Epidemiological Considerations: Preludes to Intervention1Correlates and Predictors of Risk-Taking Behavior during Adolescence32Determinants of Early Childbearing and Other Adolescent Risk-Taking Behaviors: A Framework for Prevention Interventions233An Epidemiological Approach to the Causes and Control of Violent Behavior414Developmental Epidemiological and Prevention Research on Early Risk Behaviors51Pt. IIDevelopmental and Cultural Aspects5Developmental Factors and Stress in Risk-Taking Behavior of Early Adolescents736Self-Regulation and Risk-taking Behavior: Hispanic Perspectives89Pt. IIIMechanisms and Processes7Adolescent Exploratory Behavior: Precursors and Consequences1098Sensation Seeking: The Balance Between Risk and Reward1439AIDS and Sexual Behavior Risk Taking15310Toward the Development of a Transactional Model of Risk Taking and Self-Regulation: Illustration through the Study of Maltreated Children16511On the Constructive Role of Problem Behavior in Adolescence: Further Evidence on Alcohol Use19912Perceptually Induced Misperception of Risk: A Common Factor in Transportation Accidents21913Making Risky Decisions23114Cyberphysiology in Children: Its Relationship to Self-Regulatory Control241Pt. IVPsychopathology of Risk Taking15Risk Taking and Decision Making25716Impulse Control and Self-Destructive Behavior27317Depression and Destructive Risk-Taking Behavior in Adolescence285Pt. VFurther Intervention Issues18Risk Taking: An Operant Behavior Analysis31319Possible Interventions with Risk-Prone Individuals: Insights From Studies of Resiliency33120Enhancing Self-Regulatory Behavior Among Ethnic Minorities Through Social-Policy Prevention Strategies339Pt. VIImplications and Speculations: Self-Regulation and Risk21Reflections on Risk and Calibration35322Alcohol, Risk Taking, and the Quest for Commonalities36323The Type-T Personality37124The Long Haul: An Integrative Overview383Author Index393Subject Matter407
\ BooknewsEmerging from two conferences sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, this volume discusses scientific and clinical knowledge in areas of health concern where behavioral factors are known causes of, or are implicated in, death, disease, and disability. The 24 papers are in six parts: epidemiological considerations--preludes to intervention, developmental and cultural aspects, mechanisms and processes, psychopathology of risk taking, further intervention issues, and implications and speculations--self-regulation and risk. Price to individuals, $45. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \
