Problems In Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood Flashcards
Biopsychosocial Approach
An interaction of biological, psychological, and social factors.
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Suicide
Common among adlescents:
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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
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Eating Disorder Factors
Several different eating disorders that are diagnosed, though the most common are anorexia and bullimia:
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The frour problems that affect adolescents the most:
Below:
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Stress
The responce of individuals to stressors, circumstances to events that threaten and tax coping mechanisms.
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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.
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Factors in Adolescent Drug Use
Risk factors increase the risk of an individuals abusing substance.
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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.
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Developmental Psychopathological Approach
Describing and exploring the developmental pathways of problems.
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Overweight and Obesity Factors
There are lots of fatties:
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