Quiz 4: Slides

Question 1

Today, what do we know about gender?

Answer 1

• Gender can be non-binary and fluid
• Gender identity and gender expression can vary across the lifespan
• Development is important in the context of gender (important during puberty/adolescent development but also in other development periods)
• How we define and understand gender is impacted by social constructions

Question 2

What are the 4 components of gender?

Answer 2

1. Sex assigned at birth
2. Gender identify
3. Gender expression
4. Sexual orientation/attraction

Question 3

An individual can be attracted to another person’s ______ and/or ___________

Answer 3

gender identify

gender expression

Question 4

Do people’s attractions always include attractions to primary or secondary sex characteristics?

Answer 4

No not always

Question 5

Being transgender or gender diverse is not someone’s ___________________

Answer 5

sexual orientation nor does
it dictate it

Question 6

What is gender identity?

Answer 6

the basic conviction of who a person believes they are in terms of gender, regardless of body parts

*can change across lifespan or remain stable

Question 7

What is gender expression?

Answer 7

how one presents in the world in terms of taking on culturally defined traditional masculine or feminine roles

*has a lot to do with gender stereotypes
*historically and culturally relative

Question 8

What is gender intensification?

Answer 8

Young adolescents become increasingly sensitive to
gender stereotypes and their behaviour is more likely to adhere to gender
stereotypes

Question 9

What commonly drives more gender-stereotypic behaviour?

Answer 9

social pressures!

Many feel it is important to act in gender-consistent ways that are approved by peers

Question 10

Gender-diverse adolescents appear to experience excessive ____________

Answer 10

subjection to
harassment (verbal, physical, sexual)

*programs to reduce heteronormativity and promote acceptance of gender identities reduce harassment targeted to some adolescents

Question 11

Why is there no universal gender experience?

Answer 11

Because everyone has different parts of their identity that interact with gender

• race
• class
• religion
• generational differences

Question 12

How does the WHO define mental health?

Answer 12

“Mental health is defined as the state of well-being in which every individual realizes his or own potential, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make contributions to their everyday life

Question 13

______% of Canadian children and youth will experience mental health illness

Answer 13

20%

Question 14

1 in ______ youth are diagnosed with ADHD

Answer 14

20

Question 15

What percentage of adolescents experience anxiety that interferes with everyday functioning?

Answer 15

9.5%

Question 16

What percentage of teens live with depression?

Answer 16

4.5

In teens depression may or may not look like stereotypial tearful blues –> sometimes symptoms look more like anger/irritability

Question 17

What can significantly contribute to or make mental health issues worse?

Answer 17

Substance use!

Question 18

What is the most common mental health condition?

Answer 18

Anxiety!

Question 19

_________ is a body’s normal stress response

Answer 19

Anxiety

**However, teens who struggle with clinical anxiety encounter interference in their daily social, acedemic, or home lives.

Question 20

Is anxiety more common for females or males?

Answer 20

Females

Question 21

Only _____% of adolescents who need mental health help receive it

Answer 21

7%

Question 22

What caused alarming amounts of anxiety and depression in children and teens?

Answer 22

COVID

Question 23

What are some main contributors to the health crisis in adolescents?

Answer 23

• overwhleming pressure to figure out their future
• need to excell in sports and extracurriculars
• tough schedules that do not allow enough time for rest and fun
• discrimination based on race, gender, sexual orientation, weight, etc.
• problems related to poverty or lack of money for safe, stable housing and enough nutritious food

Question 24

What does the chart say about percieved positive mental health

Answer 24

• huge drop of mental health around 2020 and 2021 (especially for females)

Question 25

____% of females studens and _____% of LGBTQ students report feeling constant sadness or hopelessness

Answer 25

60%

70%

Question 26

How does food insecurity affect children and youth?

Answer 26

If adolescents are experiencing food insecurity, they are experiencing many other issues too

Not enough policies and government programs, have to look through ecosystem lends to see how we’ve gotten to such dramatic numbers of poverty

Question 27

What can be gathered from climate crisis video?

Answer 27

• Adolescents have access to information that is very fast and often unreliable in the quality
• Not expecting adolescents to work through climate change on its own, there should be more support and policies

Question 28

More than 1/4 of the children and youth hospitalized for all mental health conditions live in the _________

Answer 28

least-affluent neighborhoods

Question 29

1/3 of children and youth hospitalized for eating disorders live in the __________

Answer 29

most-affluent neighborhoods

Question 30

about 1 in _____ of Canadians are affected by a mental health illness by the time they reach 25

Answer 30

1 in 5

Many youth experience barriers to accessing mental health services!

Question 31

What are negative impacts of mental health?

Answer 31

• risky behaviour (smoking, alcohol/drug, sexual risk, poor nutrition, lack of exercise)
• physical illness, long term physical conditions
• poor educational and employment outcomes
• antisocial behaviour/offending
• impact on social skills (isolating cycle)
• suicide and/or self harm

Question 32

What are some protective factors against mental health crisis?

Answer 32

• a supportive relationship with parent/carer
• clear, consistent guidance
• long term peer relationships
• support within educational system
• pathways for adolescent to share isues
• development of communication and problem solving skills
• physical health (a big component of mental health!)

Question 33

What are 4 steps for finding mental health support

Answer 33

1. Signs –> that you may need help (feelings, emotions, thoughts, etc).
2. “It’s ok” –> to ask for help and support!

3.Options –> find about your options and what has been helpful in the past (ex. self help books or talking to a trusted peer)

4. Reach out –> take the step to talk to someone and explain yourself!