HSS 3103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Erving Goffman, Physical Attractiveness, Body Image

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: HSS 3103
• Professor: Jeff Jutai

Document Summary

Adolescence is a time of tremendous social, biological, psychological, and intellectual change. In north america, at least 10% of all adolescents suffer from a chronic illness. Approximately one tenth of them have a chronic illness that affects daily life. The rest have somewhat less serious illnesses: adolescence and chronic illness. A stressful developmental process even for physically healthy teen. Chronic illness occurring during adolescence further complicates adolescent development. The chronic disorder, treatment requirements, hospitalization, and surgery (when necessary): Adolescent developmental issues complicate a teen"s transition toward taking responsibility for managing their illness and learning to comply with recommended treatment: developmental complications. Early adolescence is a time of greatest risk for depression due to their perception of being different from peers at a period when conformity is important ii) Independence: chronic illness frequently interferes with an adolescent"s comfort in becoming less dependent on parents, parents of chronically ill adolescents often are more resistant to adolescent"s efforts to act independently.