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Youth Risk Factors And Reslience

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Discussion Questions

• Chapter 19 discussed different risk factors related to youth problem behavior at

different parts of the social structure (Table 19.1). Choose two of these risk factors

and provide a summary of each.

The concepts of risk and protection are essential to public health and promote resilience

among the youths (Arditti, 2015). Peer influences and a family structure are two factors related

to youth problem behavior at various parts of the social structure.

Peer influences: many studies have found a consistent link between delinquent behavior

and the presence of a delinquent peer group. The presence of antisocial peers, for example, is a

critical predictive variable for teenage problem behavior in youth aged 12 to 14. Peer pressure

and acceptance of delinquent behavior are enormous, and this relationship is amplified when

children have few interactions with their parents (Farrington et al., 2017).

Family structure: Risk variables connected to teenage problem behavior and delinquency

include family size, poor parenting abilities, household discord, antisocial parents, and child

abuse. Poor parental monitoring, parental disagreements, and parental violence, such as severe

punitive discipline, are significant predictors of subsequent violent criminal convictions

(Farrington et al., 2017). Living in a family with four or more children and being raised by a

single parent are both connected to greater delinquency.

• Using the two risk factors identified above, create a strengths-based intervention or

strategy that could be implemented to increase resilience. Provide a brief summary

and explanation of each intervention or strategy.

A strength-based strategy can be implemented to increase resilience is family-focused

prevention. The effective family-focused intervention aims to provide support to families to

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address problems to do with family functioning. The most effective method is known as

Behavioral Parent Training (BPT). BPT educates parents to be consistent while rewarding

excellent conduct and punishing or ignoring negative behavior (Pardini, 2016). Because BPT is

based on the notion that antisocial conduct is acquired and perpetuated by reinforcement and

punishment from others, particularly peers and parents. It can help with peer influence concerns.

This approach also includes additional communication skills, assertive discipline, speaking

respectfully, and problem-solving skills (Pardini, 2016). BPT promotes positive youth

development and also enhances resilience.

• Consider the risk factors you identified above in terms of public policy. Identify one

policy recommendation you would make to address these risk factors. Explain your

reasoning.

Cohesive Policies can influence youth behavior. Hence, I believe that a peer education

program should be adopted at various phases of a child's life to reduce the increase in young

involvement in risky behavior. Peer education is a process in which trained professionals assist a

subsection of the target population in imparting knowledge to their peers in an organized

manner, modeling healthy behavior, identifying youths in need of extra assistance, referring

them for assistance, and advocating for services and resources for these peers. Peer education has

been employed in various settings to effect behavioral changes, with the primary goal of

reducing teenage involvement in risky conduct (Maciver, 2017). As a result, if this strategy is

successfully implemented across the country, juvenile involvement in risky conduct will be

significantly reduced.

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YOUTH RISK FACTOR AND RESILIENCE 1 Discussion Questions • Chapter 19 discussed different risk factors related to youth problem behavior at different parts of the social structure (Table 19.1). Choose two of these risk factors and provide a summary of each. The concepts of risk and protection are essential to public health and promote resilience among the youths (Arditti, 2015). Peer influences and a family structure are two factors related to youth problem behavior at various parts of the social structure. Peer influences: many studies have found a consistent link between delinquent behavior and the presence of a delinquent peer group. The presence of antisocial peers, for example, is a critical predictive variable for teenage problem behavior in youth aged 12 to 14. Peer pressure and acceptance of delinquent behavior are enormous, and this relationship is amplified when children h ...
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