PREVENTION EXAM/STUDY GUIDE #2

1. Moral model 2. Temperance model 3. Spiritual model(AA) 4. Educational model 5. Characterological flash personality model 6. Conditioning model 7. Sociocultural model 8. Social learning model 9. Cognitive model 10. Biological model 11. Psychological model 12. Dispositional disease model 13. General system model 14. Public health model15. BioPsychoSocial model

1. Identify the factors that predict substance abuse.
2. Explain the mechanisms through which the tenents operate.
3. Identify the internal and exterior variables that influence these make mechanisms
including cultural factors.
4. The theory should predict points at which abuse interruption could occur
5. Specify the interventions to prevent onset of substance abuse

States that if certain conditions are present the probable outcome made may result. Is
one that empirically states that if certain conditions are present a probable outcome may
result in other words a prediction can be made that people may use tobacco, alcohol,
and other drugs if certain factors or conditions present.

Factors shown to increase the likelihood of the adolescent substance abuse teen
pregnancy school dropout youth violence

They counter risk factors and the more protective factors that are present the less risk.
These fall into three categories individual, bonding, and healthy beliefs and clear
standards.

Is one of the prevention models that include individual characteristics, bonding, healthy beliefs and clear standard

Conducted a review of 30 years of youth substance abuse and delinquency research and identified risk factors for adolescent substance abuse and delinquency.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT THEORY/MODEL (1992) they categorized the risk factors/protective factors theory checklist.

1) Community:availability of drugs/ attitudes towards drugs/poverty/

2) Family Risk factors:family history/family conflicts/family attitudes towards substances

3) School risk factors:Antisocial behaviors/Academic failures/Lack of commitment

4) Individual/peer risk factors:Alienation/Peers who lack pro-social skills-behaviors/favorable attitudes towards problem behaviors/ Indoctrination at an early age.

1) Individual Characteristics (i.e. Gender, predisposition towards reslience, pro-social attitudes)
2) Bonding (attachments to positive models: need opportunities-skills and recognition)
3) Healthy Beliefs/ Clear Standards

1. Risk factors that exist in all areas of life
2. The more risk factors the greater the risk
3. Common risk factors predict the diverse problem behaviors
4. Risk factors show much consistency in at an effect across different races and cultures
5. Protective factors may buffer exposure to risk

Stems from research on young people from troubled backgrounds who have learned to bounce back when the odds were stacked against them.

ENVIRONMENTAL RESILIENCY FACTORS:
1. The age of the parent of the opposite sex
2. The number of children (four or fewer)
3. Spacing between children (two years or more)
4. The number and type of people available to help the mother raise the children.
5. Steady employment for the mother especially if she is a single mother
6. The availability of a sibling as a caretaker in childhood
7. The presence of a multi-generational network of friends, teachers, and relatives
especially in adolescence.
8. Church attendance

O 1)Establish better relations with local companies and community groups to encourage college students and grown-ups to work as mentors
o 2) Avoid cutting art, music, or athletic programs
o 3) Establish school schedules that allow students to have the same teacher for at least two years
o 4) Decrease class sizes

1. Substance abuse
2. Delinquency
3. Teen pregnancy
4. School dropout
5. Violence

A variety of STRATEGIES or ASSETS that provide building blocks to youth to be healthy,caring, principled and productive! There are 40 developmental assets divided into EXTERNAL and INTERNAL assets.Grounded in extensive research in youth development, resiliency, and prevention, the Developmental Assets represent the relationships, opportunities, and personal qualities that young people need to avoid risks and to thrive.