Chapter 13 Flashcards
Adolescents do not generally develop serious psychological or social problems.
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Important to distinguish between problems that are: 2 dimensions
- experimental vs. enduring
* transitory vs. persist into adulthood
which problems are more limited to during the adol period transitory
sub use, delinquency
which persist?
mood , anx dep. stating when younger but spans across life
Problems displayed during adolescence are caused by adol
f not necessarily caused by adolescence.
Just because a problem may be displayed during adolescence, it doesn’t mean that is a problem of adolescence.= can express existing vulnerability
practitioners distinguish between 3 broad categories of problems
Problems Related to Physical Health
Internalizing disorders
Externalizing disorders
Problems Related to Physical Health?
Substance abuse
eating disorders
ect
other physical health problems of childhood that persist into adol
chronic health, sleep disorders, elimination disorders
T: individuals problems turned inwards and manifested in emotional and cognitive distress
Internalizing disorders
T: problems turned outwards, e.g. behaviours
Externalizing disorders
how common is comorbidity across these 3 categories
Problems are likely comorbid.
e.g. dep anx com morbid with …
substance use
Comorbidity of Externalizing Problems: Delinquency associated with problems such as …
truancy, defiance, sexual promiscuity, academic difficulties, violence, substance
T: skipping school
truancy
T: assumes underlying cause os unconventionality in their personalty and social enviro (more tolerance of deviance in general) 4
Problem Behaviour Syndrome perspective
Problem Clusters perspective
Social Control Theory
Unconventional individuals and environments perspective on comorbidity
the people you hang out with
T: problems in one domain can create problems in another
Problem Clusters perspective
problems breed other problems = cascading effects, what perspective
Problem Clusters perspective
no common underlying trait but involved in problem activity leads to other problem behaviours
T: Clustering of problems may not stem from a problem in the person but from an underlying weakness in the attachment of the youth to society.
Social Control Theory
e.g. underlying problem outside of person e.g. school, family work what theory
Social Control Theory = explain low SES problems
Comorbidity of Internalizing Problems, One underlying factor appears to be …
negative emotionality.
T:subjective state of distress, how early they become distressed
Negative emotionality
Internalizing disorders are also more common among
those who are …
anhedonic especially depression
T: those low in positive emotions
anhedonic