PSYC 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Major Depressive Disorder, Sensation Seeking, Binge Drinking
13 Apr 2016
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Chapter 13 problems in adolescence and emerging adulthood. Emphasizes bio, psyc, social factors interact to produce the problems experienced: biological factors. Hormonal changes higher rate of depression in a girls than in a boys. Sexual intercourse, early maturaion drug abuse, delinquency. Earlier maturaion of amygdala higher risk taking and sensaion seeking: psychological factors. Focus on idenity, personality, traits, decision making, self-control. Low self-control higher rate of substance abuse and delinquency: social factors. Focus on family, peers, schools, socioeconomic status, poverty, neighbourhoods. High level of parent-a conlict, inadequate monitoring of a, insecure atachment. Seeks to idenify risk factors & protecive factors. Developmental cascades: involves connecions across domains over ime to inluence developmental pathways and outcomes. Internalizing problems: occur when individual turn their problems inward (depression) Externalizing problems: occur when individuals turn their problems outward (delinquency) Well-being tends to increase during emerging adulthood; there is coninuity between the presence of mental health problems in a and emerging adulthood.
