Biglan Anthony
Oregon Research Institute, 1715 Franklin Blvd., Eugene, Oregon 97403-1983, USA.
Prev Sci. 2003 Dec;4(4):213-32. doi: 10.1023/a:1026064014562.
The principle of selection by consequences is critical to the analysis of a broad range of phenomena in the biological and behavioral sciences from the evolution of species to the selection of cultural practices. This paper reviews the role of that principle in diverse areas of the biobehavioral sciences and discusses how it can provide one dimension along which the diverse disciplines relevant to the prevention of problems of human behavior can be integrated. Such integration should improve the ability of prevention science to reduce the incidence and prevalence of human behavior problems.
通过结果进行选择的原则对于分析生物科学和行为科学中的广泛现象至关重要,这些现象涵盖了从物种进化到文化习俗选择的各个方面。本文回顾了该原则在生物行为科学不同领域中的作用,并探讨了它如何能够提供一个维度,借此可整合与预防人类行为问题相关的各种学科。这种整合应能提高预防科学减少人类行为问题发生率和流行程度的能力。