Problems In Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood Flashcards
Biopsychosocial Approach
An interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors.
Suicide
Common among adlescents:
Coping
An individuals abiltiy to manage stress through expending effort and attempting to master or reduce stress.
- Linked to a sense of personal control, positive emotions, and personal resources.
- Successful coping often depends on the type of strategy employed.
Emotion-Focussed Coping
Responding to stress in an emotional manner. Using defensive mechanisms.
- Avoiding a problem.
- Rationalizaing.
- Denying.
- Laughing it off or explaining it away.
Bulliia Nervosa
Distinct qualities from Anorexia Nervosa
Eating Disorder Factors
Several different eating disorders that are diagnosed, though the most common are anorexia and bullimia:
The frour problems that affect adolescents the most:
Below:
Stress
The responce of individuals to stressors, circumstances to events that threaten and tax coping mechanisms.
Problem-Focussed Coping
Facing ones troubles and trying to solve them. Positive change following trauma and adversity.
Depression
The man reason that adolescents seek support.
Factors in Adolescent Drug Use
Risk factors increase the risk of an individuals abusing substance.
Charecteristics of Adolescent Problems
There are a whole range of problems that an adolescent can experience, and multiple factors for those problems.
- Severity
- How common they are for males or females
- Differences according to SES
- Short lived Vs long term
- Internal Vs external.
Drug Use
The reasons for substance use differ accross cultures and societies.
Developmental Psychopathological Approach
Describing and exploring the developmental pathways of problems.
Overweight and Obesity Factors
There are lots of fatties:
Alcohol
Many factors in alcohol use:
Furhter factors in managing stress
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