Discussion: Stressors to Adolescents

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One of the main external stressors to adolescents are parents getting divorced. The stressor has a huge impact on adolescents because they tend to connect with both families. The idea of not living with both parents can result in the adolescent engaging in risk-taking behaviors. For instance, the child can result in using drugs to relieve stress. In a case where they do not get immediate help, they might end up becoming drug addicts (Meland, Breidablik & Thuen, 2020). The impact of such a scenario would affect both the parents and the child. The adolescent could also engage in petty theft as a way of seeking attention from the parents. Failure to intervene could result in the child joining gangs that could cost their lives or result in them dropping out of school.
Another stressor factor that might affect adolescents is peer pressure. As children transition into the adolescence stage, they undergo a lot of psychological changes. Exposing such psychological changes to peer pressure can have a huge impact ...