Problem Behavior Theory over the Years
This chapter traces the development of Problem Behavior Theory from the early 1960s to the present and the influences on the author that were responsible for the initial framing of the theory and the various transformations it underwent as successive test
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Richard Jessor
The Origins and Development of Problem Behavior Theory The Collected Works of Richard Jessor
Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development
Series Editor Roger J.R. Levesque Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, U.S.A
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Richard Jessor
The Origins and Development of Problem Behavior Theory The Collected Works of Richard Jessor
Richard Jessor Institute of Behavioral Science University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO, USA
ISSN 2195-089X ISSN 2195-0903 (electronic) Advancing Responsible Adolescent Development ISBN 978-3-319-40885-9 ISBN 978-3-319-40886-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-40886-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016946354 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
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Preface
This is the first of three volumes bringing together key publications—journal articles and book chapters—that have marked the development of Problem Behavior Theory from its early framing to the version of the theory that is applied in current research. The selections are those from a larger corpus of work that have advanced understanding of adolescence and adolescent health and development. Making them available in this way is, in part, a response to the numerous inquiries and requests that continue to arrive from researchers across the globe. But my hopes for the volumes extend beyond the greater access they provide to what we have written over the nearly six decades of the theory’s implementation. Perhaps most salient is my hope that this volume and the two that follow will serve to exemplify the role that psychosocial theory can play in providing coherence and cumulativeness and generality to social inquiry, the selections having been guided by
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