Psychology 2043A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Miscarriage, Genital Herpes, Social Skills
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There are factors that make it more (risk factors) or less (resiliency) likely that a child will develop a certain disorder or behaviour. These are factors that increase a child"s vulnerability or conditions that are associated with an increased probability of negative outcomes. Risks are factors that precede a negative outcome and increase the chance that it will occur. Example; walking outside in the rain without an umbrella or coat puts one at higher risk for developing a cold. Risk factors can be anything from environmental triggers to biological abnormalities. They can affect any are of development; cognitive, social, behavioural, physical etc. When talking about risk factors, we talk about both acute situations and chronic cases. Risk factors, for most, are relatively easy to list some examples are: community violence, natural disasters, divorce, family break-up, socio-economic status. We can classify risk factors in two ways: life events or environmental factors that bring stress into a child"s life.