PSY310H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Conduct Disorder, Gender Role, Negative Affectivity
Slide 3
• Its not Adolescence itself that causes these problems
• The majority of Adolescents experiment with substances
• Eperietatio ith risk sustaes, does’t ea that the Adolescent has a problem with
substances
• Ma of these proles do’t last
Slide 4
• There are genetic influences on obesity, but the effect of genes has not changed
• This is why we have to look at environmental changes to see why this change has occurred
o Diet
• We know that an aspect of puberty is the Adolescent growth spurt
• Adolescents have different nutritional requirements, they have to consume enough
nutrients and calories to drive that rapid increase in growth
• Appetites in Adolescents increase
• Their diet is less constructed by their parents because they have more autonomy
• Adolescents usually eat what is available and convenient at the time
• The foods that they are consuming on a daily basis is unhealthy
• The total caloric intake has not changed, so this cannot be the only factor
o Physical activity
• Adolescents today are less physically active than Adolescents in the past
Slide 6
• Binge eating disorder is new in the DSM-5
o Uncontrolled binge eating
o The do’t hae otrol
o Following a binge, they compensate for their binge by purging or fasting
• Anorexia
o Extreme fear of gaining weight
o There is an extreme distortion in how they see their bodies
o Excessive caloric restriction
o Extreme under eating
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Document Summary
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