Psychoenvironmental Forces in Substance Abuse Prevention [Paperback]

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.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.Introduction: Tracing Dispositions Affecting the Use of Harmful Substances. Part 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 Alchol and Drugs. 3. The System: Mapping the World of Users and Nonusers. Part II: The Assessment of Vulerability/Resistance Through Cognitive Mapping. 4. The Measurement of Vulerability/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. Part 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 Culnerability to Substance Abuse. 9. Academic Performance and Lifestyles That Build Resistance. Part IV: Tracing Environmental Influences, Cultural and Social. 10. Cultural Factors in Substance Abuse. 11. Acculturation - Its Impact on Substance Abuse: Puertlcá