EDS200H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Juvenile Delinquency, Imaginary Audience, Personal Fable
Document Summary
The period in which a young person becomes capable of sexual reproduction. Period of rapid physical maturation involving hormonal and bodily changes that occur primarily during early adolescents. An affect disorder characterized by disturbances in cognitive and behavioural functioning. 20-25% of adolescents report mild feelings of depression and 4% are severely depressed. Associated with poor school achievement, substance abuse, juvenile delinquency, anxiety, eating disorders, and suicide. Girls make more suicide attempts, but boys are more likely to die. The heightened self-consciousness of adolescents that contributes to their social thinking. Adolescents develop a better understanding of others by attaching beliefs and attitudes to important life issues through . Examining a situation from a variety of perspectives. Moving from small homogenous classrooms into impersonal large heterogeneous classrooms. Programs that provide information, encourage abstinence, promote condom use, encourage fewer partners, and teach sexual communication skills have been found to delay the onset of sexual activity and reduce hiv-risk behaviour.
