Handbook of prevention and intervention programs for adolescent girls /

Handbook of Prevention and Intervention Programs for Adolescent Girls presents the latest research, programs, and approaches that respond to the needs of todays adolescent girls. In this practical guide, editors Craig LeCroy and Joyce Mann have brought together a notable team of contributors to prod...

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Other Authors: LeCroy, Craig W., Mann, Joyce Elizabeth
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2008.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : adolescent girls and the pathway to adulthood / Craig Winston LeCroy
  • Universal prevention for adolescent girls : the Go Grrrls Program / Craig Winston LeCroy
  • Developing friendships and peer relationships : building social support with the Girls Circle Program / Beth Hossfeld
  • A dissonance-based intervention for the prevention of eating disorders and obesity / Heather Shaw and Eric Stice
  • Preventing depression in early adolescent girls : the Penn Resiliency and Girls in Transition programs / Jane E. Gillham [and others]
  • Preventing HIV among African American female adolescents : development and evaluation of a gender and culturally congruent prevention intervention / Gina Wingood [and others]
  • Manifesting the strengths of rural Latina girls / Velia G. Leybas
  • Athletes Targeting Healthy Exercise and Nutrition Alternatives : harm reduction/health promotion program for female high school athletes / Diane L. Elliot and Linn Goldberg
  • Teens with anorexia nervosa : a family-based approach to treatment / Daniel le Grange and James Lock
  • Incarcerated female teens and substance abuse : the Holistic Enrichment for At-Risk Teens (HEART) Program / Amelia C. Roberts and Chiquitia Welch
  • Empirically validated approaches to family treatment for adolescent girls / Jacqueline Corcoran and Jane Phillips
  • Mentorship : the GirlPOWER! Program / David L. DuBois [and others].