The tamily suspects their child has been engaging in self...

The tamily suspects their child has been engaging in self-harming behaviors and asks a health care team member about the risk factors associated with the behavior Whic Is the best response. A. "There are no specific risk factors; any adolescent patient may engage in self-harming behaviors." B. "Adolescent patients who have experienced being bullied or physically or sexually abused are at risk." C. "Only biological female adolescent patients engage in self-harming behaviors; biological male adolescent patients direct their aggression at others." D. "Only adolescent patients who have a family history of a mental health condition are at risk for engaging in self-harm behaviors."

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00:01 So this question is asking, what is the most likely explanation as to why teenagers and young adults may engage in risky and dangerous behavior? a, such behavior is due to the tremendous pressure applied by peers.

00:14 B, such behavior is actually hereditary.

00:19 Such behavior may be due to unbalanced levels of hormones in the body, or d, such behavior may be due to the incomplete development of the prefrontal cortex.

00:30 So when asking this question, it's important to really hone in on the aspect of risky and dangerous behavior.

00:37 So while all these options are characteristics of adolescents, it's important to get to the why of risky and dangerous behavior.

00:47 So the screen before you, i kind of summed up each answer option just so it wasn't too cluttered on the screen.

00:57 And we're just going to go through each one and hopefully get the right answer.

01:01 Or actually not even hopefully actually gets their answer.

01:04 So when we're talking about behavior due from pressure by peers, this could be an explanation to risking dangerous behavior, but it isn't the most likely explanation.

01:17 Peer pressure is more so seen as a means to fit in, and it's affected on teenagers in this way because of the need of dependency on others, but also fitting into the expectation and demands of a peer group.

01:34 So had this question been asking about the need to fit in, then the correct answer would be the pressure applied to by peers.

01:42 While this could include risking dangerous behavior, the better umbrella term for a to be correct would be the need to fit in.

01:51 So a is incorrect.

01:54 B, such behavior is actually hereditary, as this chapter pretty much explains is that adolescence is something that everybody goes through...

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