their adolescent years (Addiction Statistics). This staggering percentage is not indicative of a cultural issue or passing trends of the decades‚ but of a physiological weakness seen consistently throughout youth. Compared to adults‚ adolescents face more detrimental long-term effects of substance abuse‚ because of their social‚ physical‚ and mental vulnerability. The use and abuse of illicit drugs and alcohol not only affects the consumer‚ but also his or her family‚ friends‚ and community‚
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occurring on the streets‚ but in the school systems as well. School violence is defined as any physical or verbal attack on a person while on school grounds or on school property. In earlier decades‚ school violence merely involved delinquency and the occasional fight. However‚ school violence has become a problem which has plagued the nation for the past several years. There has been an increase in the amount and the degree of violence. Students are now bringing guns‚ knives‚ and other weapons to school
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Is CBT effective in adolescents Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions have two different approaches that both require the clients to identify the events that trigger feelings of anger. Once that has been established then emphasis is then focused on sorting out thoughts that proceed to anger. The therapist is then responsible to determine if the client’s thoughts are rational or irrational. Since the 1980’s effectiveness has increased. The way this is determined is through the meta-analytic method
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Why do adolescents and parents have such a tough time getting along? The reason that I asked that question at the beginning of the semester is because I went through a lot of conflict with my parents growing up. So‚ I just wondered if there was any research that would help answer some questions I had. It seemed like from about the time I turned twelve or thirteen until the time I turned twenty-one my parents and I never really got along. Now that I am getting older and look back on it all I see that
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Adolescent Alcohol Abuse: What Factors are Present? Over the years‚ many researchers have dedicated their time and energy to study adolescent alcohol abuse. They have found that there are many factors that contribute to adolescent alcohol abuse. These factors are psychological‚ environmental‚ social‚ and cultural. Not all of these factors play a part in every adolescent who abuses alcohol‚ but one of these factors is usually present. Psychological disorders have been found in both American
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Profile of an Adolescent Bully TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 3 Where is the Research? 3 Definition of a Bully 3 Two Types of Bully’s 4 The typical bully 4 The bully victim 4 Beyond Primary Roles 5 Motives 5 Parents of Bullies 5 Different Modes of Bullying 6 Measures of bullying 6 Victims 7 Characteristics 7 Age range 8 Gender specifics 8 Conclusion 8 References 9 Introduction From 2000 to the present time
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European Journal of Social Sciences – Volume 10‚ Number 3 (2009) The Reliability and Validity of Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) Instrument on Residents of Drug Rehabilitation Center Hj. Jamaludin Faculty of Educational Studies Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang Selangor Hj. Ahmad Faculty of Educational Studies Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang Selangor Rosdi Yusof Faculty of Educational Studies Universiti Putra Malaysia Serdang Selangor Saifuddin Kumar Abdullah Faculty of Educational Studies
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Meagan Lopez 11-29-12 Child/Adolescent Psychology Adolescent Observation Assignment For this adolescent observation assignment I observed four adolescents at a home get together‚ there were two girls and two guys. One girl was sixteen years old‚ while another girl was seventeen years old. Both of the guys were seventeen years old. Their names are Rebecca‚ Amanda‚ Elias‚ and Aaron. There physical appearances did not seem to have much in common. Rebecca is African American‚ Amanda is Hispanic‚
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Erick Perez English 282 AD Kitamura March 11‚ 2014 Violence San Mateo usually Isn’t a very violent place‚ or so I thought. Two years ago at the St Timothy carnival I was robbed at knifepoint by some punk in a black hoodie. I was walking up to a concession stand to get some cotton candy when I felt a hand on my shoulder and something sharp against my back‚ I tried turning around to see who it was but he quickly pushed me back around and told me to stand still while he searched my pockets for
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Abortion Among Adolescents Journal American Psychologist Volume: 58 Page: 211-217 The article “Abortion among Adolescents” was written by Nancy E. Adler‚ Emily J. Ozer‚ and Jeanne Tschann from the University of California‚ San Francisco. Nancy is the Vice Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and the Director of the Center for Health and Community. She is also the Lisa and John Pritzker Professor of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry. Emily received her Ph.D from UC-Berkeley in
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