ADOLESCENCE behavioural changes ppt1.ppt

A ppt describing the common physical, emotional and social changes happening in the period of adoloscence. How to cpe with stress and identify good and bad touch

1. ADOLESCENCE AND
CHANGES IN BEHAVIOUR

2. Who is an Adoloscent ?
The World Health Organization
(WHO) identifies adolescence as
the period in human growth and
development that occurs after
childhood and before adulthood,
from ages 10 to19.

3. CHANGES- PHYSICAL
EMOTIONAL
SOCIAL

4. Happy, sad, anger, disgust, fear, embarrassment, anxiety,
envy, Boredom!

5. Characteristics of Adolescence
Self-consciousness
Freedom and Independence
Rapid Physical Changes
Developing Sexuality
Peer Pressure

6. Problems in Adolescence
•face pressures to use alcohol, cigarettes,
or other drugs
•Initiate relationships at earlier ages
•putting themselves at high risk for
intentional and unintentional injuries

7. Risk Factors For Substance Abuse
•Major risk factors are:
–Personality – Anger, impulsivity, and
inattentiveness
–Family – Distant, hostile, or conflicted
relationships
–Socially – Friends who use and tolerate
the use of drugs, living in a context that
makes drug use easy

8. Depression in Adolescence
Depression is the most common
internalizing problems among
adolescents
Emotional symptoms: Feeling sad
decreased enjoyment of
pleasurable activities,
Motivational symptoms: boredom
Physical symptoms: loss of
appetite, difficulty sleeping, loss of
energy

9. Adolescent Suicide
•20% of high school students think about killing
themselves every year (suicidal ideation)
•Risk factors include:
–Having a psychiatric problem
–Having a family history of suicide
–Experiencing extreme family conflict
–Being under intense stress like fail in the
exam

10. Stress and Coping
•Stress responses vary.
Multiple stressors have a much greater
impact than single stressors (multiplicative)
Using more effective coping strategies
buffers the effects of stress
•Primary control – taking steps to change
the source of stress (usually the best
strategy)
•Secondary control strategies – trying to
adapt to the problem (better when
situation is uncontrollable)

11. Prevention Approaches
•Primary prevention – Teaching adolescents
life skills to help them cope with stress
•Secondary prevention – Aimed at
adolescents who are at risk for depression
or are under stress

13. Good touch Bad touch
https://youtu.be/DyklpT-uo_w

15. CONCLUSION