Problems In Adolescence And Emerging Adulthood

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most common disorders faced by adolescents

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substance abuse, depression, eating disorders, conduct disorder (delinquency)

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conduct disorder (delinquency)

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violating social norms, breaking the law

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Biological factors that influence problems in adolescence

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amygdala develops fastest, prefrontal cortex develops later, genetics, family traits, puberty

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Psychological factors that influence problems in adolescence

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teenagers experiment with personalities (sometimes these personalities are not good for you), self-esteem, problem solving, emotional regulation

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Social factors that influence problems in adolescence

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parent-adolescent conflict, attachment theory, teenagers who are misfits/rejected teen, negative peer influences/peer pressure, negative and early dating experiences, low SES, poverty rate, for boys getting involved in drug use, actually large amounts of them are high SES, impersonal schools (too large to work with children one-on-one)

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Developmental Psychopathology Approach

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risk factors and protective factors, internalizing and externalizing,

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Internalizing problems

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(how we turn our problems inward), more common with
females, more for upper-middle class same for adolescents and
emerging adults

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Externalizing problems

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more common with males (lashing out, aggression, conduct problems, anti-social problems), tend to decrease with age, more common in poor areas

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Risky behavior such as drug use, alcohol abuse, and sexual promiscuity ______ from adolescence to emerging adulthood

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increases

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adolescents are most likely to be referred to therapists for this

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depression, not eating disorders

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more stressors exist during this time

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early adulthood

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feelings of stress _______ from adolescence to early adulthood

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decrease

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regarding stress, the older you get...

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the better able you are to cope with stress

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the type of response men more frequently use to deal with stress

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fight or flight

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the type of response women more frequently use to deal with stress

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tend and befriend, trying to take care of others through nurturing behaviors, forming alliances and friendships for support

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Acculturative stress

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the kind of conflict/stress that happens when people are caught between two cultures, have to respond to two cultures

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Psychologist who does a lot of research with coping

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Richard Lazarus

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Problem-focused coping

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take problems head on, and actively find workable solutions, attempting to do something about them, “solution mode”

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psychologist who introduced the idea of the internal locus of control and self efficacy

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Bandura

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internal locus of control, self-efficacy

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the ability to be the master of your destiny, a sense of having control over your environment, self-direction

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Emotion-focused coping

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people who respond to stress in an emotional manner, defense-mechanisms, rationalizing, denial, projection, inappropriate use of humor, avoidance, people who turn to religion is emotion-focused coping, according to Lazarus

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Coping flexibility

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the ability to modify your coping strategies as your situation demands

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generational forgetting

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when teenagers forget about the dangers of drug use, their knowledge about drug use gets eroded, since the 90s there has been a steady decline in alcohol and drug use, probably because teenagers are choosing to be more aware of the dangers

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correlation between people who are alcoholics in their 30s and...

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whether or not they drank as teenagers

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trend that is on the rise for what group?

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binge drinking, females

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binge drinking rates are _______ whether or not emerging adults are in college

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the same

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correlations exist between getting drunk and...

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unprotected sex, drunk driving, etc.

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percentage of students in fraternities and sororities who are classified as binge drinkers

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75%

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hallucinogens

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marijuana, lsd, mushrooms, also called psychedelic drugs, mind-altering, distorted perception, high correlation with reproductive problems, esp. infertility later in lafe

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stimulants

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nicotine, amphetamines, cocaine

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smoking peaks at this time

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early adulthood, three times the rate of teenagers

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the proportion of high school students that have reported using cocaine

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1 out of 13

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percentage of adolescent girls that report trying diet pills (amphetamines)

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40%

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there are many incidents of teenagers using this type of drugs

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prescription drugs, such as valium and xanax

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narcotics, opiates

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heroin, morphine, oxycotin, vicodin, prescription painkillers

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conduct disorder

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the young person who repeatedly and persistently violates the rights of others or violating society’s rules and norms for what is appropriate—for young adults, bullying, intimidating, cruelty to animals, destruction of property, theft, conning, lying, serious violations of other people, weapon use

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after age 18, the term substituted for conduct disorder

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antisocial personality disorder

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conduct disorders can be either _____ _______ or _______ _______

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early onset or late onset

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female juvenile delinquency

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on the rise, up to 27-30%

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conceptualization (why teenagers become delinquents), as explained by Erikson

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teenagers are so desperate to have an identity that they will develop a negative identity if they can’t have a positive one, inadequacy, not being able to measure up to expectations, teenagers see this as their socially acceptable role, status/perceived power, compensation for feelings of powerlessness, rage

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percentage of teenagers that fit the criteria for major depression

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15-20%

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the third leading cause of death for teens

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suicide

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the suicide rate of suicides in ______ is _____ times the amount than in _______

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early adulthood, 3 times, adolescence

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by age 15, adolescent _____ have a rate of depression that is ____ times the amount of adolescent _____

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females, two, males

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the percentage less than the weight considered normal for age and height, that anorexics weigh

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85%

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the risk of abusing alcohol is much higher if you are in this kind of relationship status

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single or divorced (not in a relationship)

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binge drinking

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consuming 5 or more drinks in a row on the same occasion

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criteria of major depression

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At least 5 of these must be present during a two week period: 1) depressed mood most of the day 2) reduced interest or pleasure in all or most activities 3) significant weight loss or gain or significant decrease or increase in appetite 4) trouble sleeping or sleeping too much 5) psychomotor agitation or retardation 6) fatigue or loss of energy 7) feeling worthless or guilty in an excessive or inappropriate manner 8) problems in thinking, concentrating or making decisions 9) recurrent thoughts of death and suicide