Selective Intervention Programs That Teach Adolescents Social Skills and Enhance

question 33

Multiple Choice

Selective intervention programs that teach adolescents social skills and enhance feelings of competency are

• A) usually ineffective at reducing the impact of substance use.
• B) considered mass media and modeling programs.
• C) forms of crisis intervention.
• D) aimed at increasing self-esteem and reducing the influence of negative peer pressure.

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Definitions:

Non-Hispanic Whites

Individuals residing in the United States who identify as white and are not of Hispanic or Latino origin.

African Americans

Individuals in the United States who have ancestry from the black racial groups of Africa.

Hispanic Americans

Americans of Hispanic or Latino origin, a diverse group defined by a common Spanish or Latin-American cultural background.

Credential Inflation

The increasing demand for higher educational degrees or qualifications for jobs that previously required less formal education.