Psychopathology in Adolescence [electronic resource] : Does Development Play a Role? / Anne C. Petersen and Aaron T. Ebata.
Thos paper discusses myths about adolescent psychopathology, including the beliefs that psychopathology is a normal state in adolescence; that adolescents grow out of their psychopathology; and that with regard to psychopathology, adolescents are either like adults or like children. Key features of...
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| Summary: | Thos paper discusses myths about adolescent psychopathology, including the beliefs that psychopathology is a normal state in adolescence; that adolescents grow out of their psychopathology; and that with regard to psychopathology, adolescents are either like adults or like children. Key features of adolescent development are summarized, the life span developmental perspective is explained, and developmental changes in adolescence are considered in the areas of biological change, cognition, and psychological and social development. Context changes in adolescence are examined in the family, peer groups, schools, and society. Three categories of psychopathology in adolescence are presented as the most common examples: anxiety, depression, and conduct disorders. A model for the development of psychopathology in adolescence is discussed which integrates the evidence from adolescent development as well as psychopathology. Several key features in the development of adolescent psychopathology are considered. These include the individual's coping skills; the dangers of maladaptive, regressive coping styles; biological components of psychopathology; individual characteristics which may elicit psychopathology; eliciting factors of the social context; the cumulative process; risk and protective factors; and stressful life events. (NRB) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED255847. Sponsoring Agency: National Inst. of Mental Health (DHHS), Rockville, MD. Contract Number: MH-30252/38142. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association (92nd, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 24-28, 1984). |
| Physical Description: | 49 p. |