Challenges of Adolescence
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Consequences of early sexual activity include
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- Teen pregnancy - STDs - Becoming less likely to finish high school
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The social problems of teenage drug and alcohol abuse are contributing factors to the rate of suicide among young people in the United States.
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Early sexual activity is influenced by
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- Social and economic factors - Sub cultural factors - Religious participation
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Consequences of early sexual activity are often negative.
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The degree of attachment people have to social groups or to society as a whole is called
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Social integration
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Suicide rates increase during periods of social disorganization because the norms that govern behavior weaken or become less clear.
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Suicide cuts across all social categories, including sex, economic levels, race, religion, and nationalities.
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Social and economic factors have been found not to influence early sexual activity as it was once thought.
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F
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Sexually transmitted diseases have
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Increased in occurrence in sexually active teenagers
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The following factors affect teenage suicide:
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- Alcohol and drug use - Age and gender - Family relations
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Drug
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A drug is any substance that changes mood, behavior, or consciousness.
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Social integration
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Social integration is the degree of attachment people have to social groups or to society.
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How does social integration affect suicide?
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Groups or societies with particularly high levels of social integration see increased rates because group members place needs of the group above their own personal needs. Suicides resulting from particularly low levels of social integration occur in periods of social disorganization when norms become weaker and/or less clear.
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How does social status, economic status, and subculture influence early sexual activity?
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In general, teenagers from higher-income two-parent families have lower rates of sexual activity than teenagers from low-income one-parent families. Some teenagers who actively practice their religion tend to hold less-permissive attitudes and are less experiences sexually than some non-religious teenagers. Teenage sexual activity is influenced by subgroup norms concerning sexual behavior. Generally, teenagers whose friends engage in premarital sex are more likely to be sexually active than those whose friends are not sexually active.
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Name the seven social factors that affect the rates of teenage suicide.
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1. Alcohol and or drug use 2. Triggering events 3. Age 4. Sex 5. Population density 6. Family relations 7. Cluster effect
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Cluster effect
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When a suicide sometimes results in other suicide attempts among adolescents in a community.
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Name the three chief factors associated with the use of drugs by teenagers.
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1. Having friends who regularly engage in drug use 2. Having social and academic adjustment problems 3. Living in a hostile and rejecting family setting
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Name three negative consequences of teen pregnancy.
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1. Teenagers who become parents are less likely to finish high school and college 2. They often face significant emotional stress 3. Children are more likely to experience learning difficulties
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____ is/are a drug.
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- Medicine - Cigarettes - Alcohol
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Some factors associated with regular use of drugs by teenagers are
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Having friends who regularly engage in drug use and having social and academic adjustment problems.
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The most widely used illegal drug among high school seniors is/are
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Marijuana
