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.

Zusammenfassung
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.

Inhalt
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: Puerto Ricans In New York. 12. The Phantom Power of Environmental Influences. 13. Program Development and Culturally Adapted Training. Part 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. Part 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. Appendix. References. Index.