Paper Title
The science of prevention: A conceptual framework and some directions for a national research program
Keywords
- Prevention Science
- Human Dysfunction
- Psychological Disorders
- Preventive Intervention
- Risk Factors
- Protective Factors
- Human Development
- Adaptation
- National Prevention Research Agenda
Journal
Research Impact Tools
Publication Info
Volume: 48 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 1013–1022
Published On
March, 1993
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Abstract
A conceptual framework for studying the prevention of human dysfunction is offered. On the basis of recent advances in research on the development of psychological disorders and methods of preventive intervention, generalizations about the relation of risk and protective factors to disorder are put forward, along with a set of principles for what may be identified as the science of prevention. Emerging themes from the study of human devlopment, in general, need to be incorporated in the models for explaining and preventing serious problems of human adaptation. The article concludes with a set of recommendations for a national prevention research agenda.
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