SEPTEMBER 2011/2012 SEMESTER
ACADEMIC WRITING SKILLS
(BBB 3101)
ASSIGNMENT 2
(CAUSE AND EFFECT ESSAYS)
NAME : MOHD SHAFIQ BIN SAHDAN UK NUMBER : UK 28108 GROUP : GROUP 12 PROGRAMME: BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE(FISHERIES)
PREPARED TO: MDM ALYANI BT AYUB
DATE OF SUBMISSION: 22TH NOVEMBER 2012
TOPIC 1:
Knowing what causes adolescent stress is one of the first steps in being able to treat it. Adolescents go through many changes, such as hormonal and social changes. With these changes come mood swings. These mood swings are normal but can lead to bouts of stress. There are many factors that cause adolescent stress, as well as effects that come with it, and these factors are not always easily recognizable. Stress is often attributed to the maturation stages that adolescents go through. Write an essay explaining the causes OR effects of stress among adolescents nowadays.
In our routine life, every individual are constantly plagued by problem from surrounding environment. This problem finally will become a stress. From adults to adolescent to children, everyone has stress in everyday life .Adolescent are among group that always have difficulty to dealing with stresses because they are at an age when it seems not appropriate, not cool to ask adults for help, and sometimes they just don’t understand stress causes it. According to Asri in 2005, he said during the adolescents years, a lot of biological, physical, mental and emotional changes are happening, as well as the changes in responsibility and role. In order to stabilize these changes, the Adolescents are always confronted with problems and conflicts. There are some causes of stress among the adolescent such as in student condition, family conflicts and, health problem.
The first major cause for stress among adolescent is as a student. Test taking and trying to achieve excellent grades
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