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Adolescent resilience: The potential impact of personal development in schools
Author(s) -
RAPHAEL B.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1993.tb02258.x
Subject(s) - medicine , psychological resilience , mental health , substance abuse , mental illness , personal development , resilience (materials science) , psychiatry , social psychology , psychology , psychotherapist , physics , thermodynamics
The challenges and stresses faced by adolescents include entry into secondary school, the development of adolescent sexuality, family conflicts, parental mental illness, socio‐cultural factors, substance use and abuse, work and career abuse, social and antisocial behaviour, and the carry‐over of problems from childhood. The ways in which programmes through schools can address these issues, enhance resilience and promote adolescent mental health are discussed. The potential of personal development programmes could be utilized to this end, with targeted educational and group initiatives and evaluation of outcomes.