Promoting Competent Young People in Competence-Enhancing Environments: A Systems-Based Perspective on Primary Prevention

Reviews successful family-, school-, and community-based prevention efforts aimed at reducing incidence and severity of children's psychosocial problems. Notes that high-quality, comprehensive, competence-promotion programs that focus on both children and their socializing environments represen...

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Published inJournal of consulting and clinical psychology Vol. 59; no. 6; p. 830
Main Author Weissberg, Roger P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.12.1991
Subjects
Achievement
Adolescent
Adolescents
Child
Child Behavior Disorders - prevention & control
Child Behavior Disorders - psychology
Child Therapy
Children
Client Characteristics (Human Services)
Community Role
Family Role
Health Behavior
Health Education - methods
Health Promotion - methods
Humans
Prevention
Psychological Problems
School Role
Social Environment
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Summary:Reviews successful family-, school-, and community-based prevention efforts aimed at reducing incidence and severity of children's psychosocial problems. Notes that high-quality, comprehensive, competence-promotion programs that focus on both children and their socializing environments represent the state of the art in prevention. See establishment of enduring, effective preventive interventions as requiring increased attention to program design, implementation, and institutionalization. (Author/NB)
ISSN:0022-006X
1939-2117
DOI:10.1037/0022-006X.59.6.830