PSYC 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Pregnancy Rate, Status Offense
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Body: takes on an adult form, adult mind. Society: peers, parents, family, teachers, coaches, the law, bosses, etc. Id: seeing self as a unique person with meaningful role. Marcia: identity status = crisis and commitment. Sex identity, occupational identity, values identity: drug use in childhood self reports suggest it is decreasing, yet first use between 13- 16, 13 more likely to have serious problems: greatly effects the development of nondrug related coping skills, suicide, long-term reasons a. i. Break up: dropping out of high school self-reported reasons, 4% total but disproportionate to ethnicity. Pregnancy or marriage: expelled, eating disorders, anorexia, bulimia, overeating, teen pregnancy (chapter 12, u. s. "s high pregnancy rate very high, abortions, contraception, sex education, delinquency a.
