Chapter 14 – Adolescent Stress and Alienation

Question 0

Fourteen-year-old Jonah comes from an abusive household and has been saving up money so that he can escape the situation. He leaves and heads to a shelter for runaways where he spends several months while looking for work. What kind of runaway is Jonah?

Answer 0

Intent runaways

Question 1

Fifteen-year-old Julia packs her knapsack and heads to her friend’s house for a couple days without telling her parents. What type of runaway is Julia?

Answer 1

Transient runaways

Question 2

Sixteen-year-old Dalia’s parents have told her she must leave home because their poverty makes it impossible for them to support her anymore. Dalia is now living on the streets and is classified as a:

Answer 2

Throwaways

Question 3

Which are symptoms of depression?

Answer 3

Helplessness
There is nothing they can do to improve their terrible situation
Feel sad and self critical: Believe that other are critical of them
Hopeless
Overwhelmed at having to make simple decisions
Neglect on their appearances
May act out their frustration in an aggressive fashion

Question 4

What kind of gender differences are there in depression?

Answer 4

Girls:
Are more likely depressed because of social relationships
Ex. Unpopularity
More likely to feel other’s pain and to become depressed because of the stresses that those they care about are experiencing
Dwell on the problem and will continue to into adulthood
Due to hormones
Discontent with their body
Depression rate highest with transition to middle school
Boys:
More likely to cope through denial and avoidance they distract themselves.

Question 5

The reason why males are more successful than females at committing suicide is that males:

Answer 5

males tend to use more violent means-hanging, jumping from heights, single-vehicle automobile accidents or shoot or stabbing themselves

Question 6

The two best predictors of suicide are:

Answer 6

Clinical depression and previous suicide attempts

Question 7

Which of the following is a reason that adolescents engage in self-mutilation?

Answer 7

Can help an adolescent deal with over whelming stress in multiple ways
1st: can be used to express one’s pain in visible form to oneself and to others
2nd can be a means of achieving control over emotions that would otherwise be devastating.

Question 8

An eating disorder that is sometimes referred to as “starvation sickness” is:

Answer 8

Anorexia nervosa

Question 9

On weekdays most adolescent crime occurs:

Answer 9

Between 3:00pm to 6:00pm