Problem Behavior Theory

"Jessor's "Problem Behavior Theory", perhaps the most influential of these [overarching frameworks to explain dysfunction and maladaptation in adolescence] continued to dominate research during the past decade" (page 85). Steinberg, L. & Morris, A.S. Adolescent Development. In Annual Review of Psychology 52 (2001):83-110.

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