Problem Behavior Theory and the Social Context: The Collected Works of Richard Jessor, Volume 3 (Paperback)

Chapter 1. Introduction to the Volume.- Section 1: Problem Behavior Theory and the Social Context of Disadvantage .- Chapter 2. "Making It" Among At-Risk Youth: The Role of the Social Context.- Chapter 3. Problem Behavior Theory and Success Despite Disadvantage.- Chapter 4. Social Context Protection and Risk in Adolescent Behavior and Development.- Chapter 5. Neighborhood Variation and Successful Adolescent Development.- Chapter 6. Problem Behavior Theory and Adolescent Problem Behavior in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 7. Successful Adolescence in the Slums of Narirobi, Kenya.- Chapter 8. Problem Behavior Theory and the Transition to Adulthood in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya.- Section 2: Conceptual and Methodological Issues in Engaging the Social Context .- Chapter 9. The Perceived Environment as Social Context.- Chapter 10. The Perceived Environment and the Psychological Situation.- Chapter 11. Engaging Subjectivity in Understanding Individual Differences.- Chapter 12. Explaining Behavior and Development in the Language of Psychology.- Chapter 13. The Perceived Environment in Personality Variation.- Chapter 14. Continuity in Psychosocial Change from Adolescence to Young Adulthood.- Chapter 15. Restoring Context and Meaning in Social Inquiry: The Reach of Qualitative Methods.- Chapter 16. The Transdisciplinary Nature of Contemporary Behavioral Science.- Chapter 17. The Cross-National Generality of Theoretical Explanation.