L10: Dealing with Risk Factors and Challenges of Adolescence Stage

Physical concerns

Achieving physical perfection may be taken to extremes, resulting in more problems.

Anorexia Nervosa

causes people to think they are overweight, when in fact, they are already underweight

Bulimia Nervosa

causes people to eat large amounts of food. They feel that they cannot control this urge.

Binge-eating disorder

Causes uncontrollable eating

Drug Addiction

is a condition in which an individual is unable to control the use of addictive substances known as psychoactive drugs

Stimulants

(e.g., crystal meth and cocaine)

Depressants

(e.g., alcohol)

Narcotics

(e.g., morphine, codeine, and heroine)

Hallucinogens

(e.g., LSD and ecstasy)

Teenage pregnancy

The UN Population Fund in 2011 reported that there’s a 65% increase in cases of teenage pregnancy in the Philippines over the duration of 10 years.

Peer pressure

This refers to a group's influence on a person's decisions or actions.

Emotional competence

is the ability to manage emotional responses.

Social Competence

is the ability to relate to others effectively.

Rebellion

this is when adolescents reject societal standards and replace them with their own

Morality

is a set of principles that a person chooses to live by. It influences his or her decisions about what is right and wrong.

Concrete thinking

this involves making conclusions based on the actual presence of an object or direct experience with a concept.

Abstract thinking

This involves imagining or comprehending things that are not physically present.