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Middle adolescents often feel guilty
and deeply express grief if the
family situation gets worse.
• They are upset over the end of their
parents’ marriage and feels guilty
about it by attempting to escape
the problem using alcohol.
Family
During middle adolescence stage
the incidence of physical and sexual
abuse rise.
• Peers living in non-traditional intact
families engage on average, in
higher levels of anti-social behavior.
Family
Most high school seniors have some experience with alcohol. The use of cigarettes and marijuana among middle adolescents is prevalent.
Substance abuse
At a time when adolescents are trying to discover who they are and where they fit in, when insecurities can be severe, and the longing to be accepted and liked makes it difficult to say “no”.
Peer pressure
Adolescents often want to be treated like adults, especially when they crave for privileges that come with age like using alcohol.
To look and feel “grown-up”
Adolescents that grow up with parents who abuse alcohol or drugs often follow suit. Nevertheless, that is what they know and what they have learned.
Modeling parent’s behavior
When adolescence commenced, curiosity it often becomes even stronger. Most adolescents have a lot more autonomy than they did as children.
Curiosity
It’s been said that boredom can quickly get anyone and especially a restless adolescent into all sorts of trouble. It’s even worse for adolescents who have bored friends.
Boredom
Adolescents who fight with a lot of emotional ache are especially exposed to alcohol and drug abuse. They use these substances just like many adults as a way to self-medicate.
Self-medication
Adolescents like to affirm their promising maturity and experiment the limits with their parents. Those with nagging, overprotective, or strict parents often fight back in a passive-aggressive manner.
Rebellion
Most teens do not know what is good and bad for them. It is not because they are not intelligent, but because they simply do not have adequate information or experience.
Ignorance
Getting drunk or high with friends sounds fun at the moment. The stupidity, indistinct words, stumbling, and weird behavior can be very enjoyable and make great stories the next day.
To have fun
Adolescents believe that becoming an addict is something that could never happen to them until it happened.
They have become addicted
________will often affect
schoolwork such as worrying about
oneself or about what is going on at
home makes it difficult to
concentrate.
EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
during the middle
adolescent years may be the result
caused by mental health disorders,
like anxiety or depression. Substance
use, abuse, and family conflict also
are common contributors to school
problems.
SCHOOL
