DEVELOPMENT STAGES IN MIDDLE AND LATE ADOLESCENCE Flashcards
This refers to the development transition from childhood to adulthood. Involves biological, cognitive, and sociocultural categories.
Adolescence
Characteristics of adolescence
Biological growth and development
Increased decision making
Search for self
Undefined status
Increased pressure
Is learning the rights, obligations, and expectations of a role to prepare for assuming the role in the future
Anticipatory socialization
- The onset of adolescence marked by beginning of puberty.
- Specific hormones are released Growth, spurts, development of sexual characteristics.
- Complexion Problem
Biological growth and development
- Unclear social expectations
- some treated as children, some as adults
- role adjustments
Undefined status
- Your own decision to make
- not having your parents to decide what you do.
Increased decision making
- Pressure to behave in particular ways
- peer pressure is the strongest
- many teens feel pressure to be in a relationship or find a job.
Increased pressure
- Ability to establish personal priorities important
- preparing future roles in one aspect of finding oneself.
Search for self
- feeling of trust in one’s abilihes, qualities, and judgement
- Self-assurance in one’s personal judgement, ability, power, etc.
Self-confidence
- Refers to the individuals perception of behaviour, abilities or unique characteristics.
- An individual’s self-concept is shaped by their personal beliefs and the feedback they receive from others.
Self-Concept
- Used to describe a person’s overall sense of self worth or personal value.
- How much you appreciate your individual character, qualities, skills and accomplishments.
Self-Esteem
Systematically considers biological, psychological, and social factors and their complex interactions in understanding health illness and healthcare delivery.
Biopsychosocial Approach
Development of physiological structure; chemical processes.
BIOLOGICAL
obesity, violence; physical or sexual abuse
BIOLOGICAL FACTORS:
A person’s characteristics including how they think, feel or behave.
PSYCHOLOGICAL
Emotional turmoil, distorted thoughts, troubled relationship, low-self-esteem, academic problems.
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
Relating to society or its organization; interaction with other people.
SOCIAL
Economic, technological, religious aspects, poverty.
Social Factors
- Mood disorder
- Noticing people who don’t function as they normally do.
- Persistently low mood and a feeling of sadness and loss of interest.
- Depression rates are growing among adolescents more than children, especially in girls.
- It is a persistent problem, not a passing one, lasting on average of 6 to 8 months.
DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE
Overindulgence in or dependance on an addictive substance such as alcohol and drugs.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
- Child in conflict with the law
- Child offenders
- Criminal acts committed by a young person usually between the ages of 10 and 17.
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY
Irregular eating habits and severe distress or concern about body weight or shape.
EATING DISORDER
Characterized by binge eating followed by purging, use of laxatives, or doing too much exercise
BULIMIA NERVOSA
Characterized by not eating enough food, exercising too much or both to keep the weight as low as possible.
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
