1st Edition
Troubled Youth, Troubled Families Understanding Families at Risk for Adolescent Maltreatment
Edited By Cynthia Schellenbach
Copyright 1986
370 Pages
by
Routledge
356 Pages
by
Routledge
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The 1970s witnessed a growing concern and awareness regarding child abuse, an awareness which gradually extended to include the maltreatment of adolescents. In the 1980s a number of intervention projects dealing with this particular problem were started. Troubled Youth, Troubled Families is one of the first full-length reports to deal with adolescent abuse.
1: Destructive Family Relations in Adolescence; 1: An Introduction to Troubled Youth in Troubled Families; 2: Child Abuse and Juvenile Delinquency: What are The Links?; 3: The Adolescent Runaway; II: Studying Troubled Youth and Troubled Families; 4: Methodological Considerations in Studying Troubled Youth and Troubled Families; 5: Defining High Risk; 6: Characteristics of High-Risk Families: Parental and Adolescent Perspectives; III: Challenges to Adolescent Development; 7: Social Competence in Adolescence; 8: Behavior Problems in Adolescence; 9: Socioeconomic Stress and Family Functioning in Adolescence; 10: Adolescents in Stepfamilies; IV: The Prospects for IV Troubled Youth and Troubled Families; 11: Prospects for Intervention with Troubled Youth and Troubled Families; 12: Conclusion: The Prognosis for Troubled Youth in Troubled Families
Biography
Cynthia Schellenbach