Sentences with phrase «internal protective factors»

Try to support children in building their internal protective factors (e.g., good communication and problem - solving and social skills) by acknowledging and encouraging their skills when guiding their behaviour.

In this situation, increasing both internal protective factors (such as a child's positive coping skills) and external protective factors (such as a supportive environment) is beneficial.

Building on a child's internal protective factors, such as them achieving developmental milestones and a positive sense of self, can help them develop resilience - the ability to adjust to changes and secure positive outcomes.

Try to support children in building their internal protective factors (eg good communication and problem - solving and social skills) by acknowledging and encouraging their skills when guiding their behaviour.

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The concept of resilience and closely related research regarding protective factors provides one avenue for addressing mental well - being that is suggested to have an impact on adolescent substance use.8 — 17 Resilience has been variably defined as the process of, capacity for, or outcome of successful adaptation in the context of risk or adversity.9, 10, 12, 13, 18 Despite this variability, it is generally agreed that a range of individual and environmental protective factors are thought to: contribute to an individual's resilience; be critical for positive youth development and protect adolescents from engaging in risk behaviours, such as substance use.19 — 22 Individual or internal resilience factors refer to the personal skills and traits of young people (including self - esteem, empathy and self - awareness).23 Environmental or external resilience factors refer to the positive influences within a young person's social environment (including connectedness to family, school and community).23 Various studies have separately reported such factors to be negatively associated with adolescent use of different types of substances, 12, 16, 24 — 36 for example, higher self - esteem16, 29, 32, 35 is associated with lower likelihood of tobacco and alcohol use.

Since the fifteen positive youth development constructs proposed by Catalano et al. (2004) refer to how individuals» internal and external resources help them deal with challenges, they can be regarded as protective factors alleviating the development of problem behaviour, as proposed in the resilience literature on risk and protective factors (e.g., Jessor et al. 2003).