PSY 3105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Body Image, Binge Eating, Bulimia Nervosa

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 3105
• Professor: Philip Wall

Document Summary

The reality of adolescent problems: adolescent problems not necessarily lifelong, trying something versus developing a problem, problems may date from earlier childhood, many teens "grow out" of problems. Externalizing and internalizing problems: externalizing problem: directed outward, toward others, undercontrolled impulses, more common among boys, examples aggression, delinquency, antisocial behaviour, overcontrolled impulses, more common among girls, examples depression, anxiety, eating problems. Two broad problem types: externalizing create difficulties in a person"s external world, tend to go together, more common among males, often motivated by desire for excitement, not necessarily underlying unhappiness or psychopathology (cid:862)u(cid:374)de(cid:396)(cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)olled(cid:863) Internalizing primarily affect a person"s internal world: tend to go together, more common in females, associated with experiencing distress (cid:862)o(cid:448)e(cid:396)(cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)olled(cid:863, bea(cid:396) i(cid:374) mi(cid:374)d the disti(cid:374)(cid:272)tio(cid:374) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) the t(cid:449)o types is (cid:374)ot a(cid:271)solute. Research shows adolescents with both types have had difficult family backgrounds. Index crimes: violent crimes, property crimes: canadian youth crime declining, theft most common, aboriginal teens overrepresented in youth justice system.