It Begins at Ten: How Gender Expectations
Shape Early Adolescence Around the World is the most comprehensive analysis to date — and the first to draw equally from high -, low - and middle - income countries — of how children on the cusp of adolescence perceive growing up as a boy or girl.
Not exact matches
Specific risk factors for anorexia include: being female, age (
early - mid
adolescence is the prime time for onset), perfectionism, high parental conflict, highly demanding parents, and concerns about
shape and weight (and subsequent dieting).
Despite its broad title, the report's principal focus was the role of
early childhood adversity in
shaping risks of addiction and mental health problems in
adolescence and young adulthood.
We contend that childhood temperament
shapes the manner in which individuals perceive their surroundings, which influences their social interactions in a reciprocal manner and eventual social and mental health outcomes.17 This dynamic is particularly evident in
early adolescence during which the emergence of the peer group as a more salient influence on development coincides with sharp increases in psychopathology, 16 particularly SAD.6, 15,18 Temperament also
shapes vital cognitive processes, such as attention and certain executive processes which provide the foundation from which children perceive and respond to social cues in the environment.