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Everyone goes through times of stress, disappointments, and difficulty.

When hardships and tragedies happen, it can be hard for people to cope with the situation and with their feelings.

Being a Resilient Teen

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In this lesson, you’ll learn to:

Explain what it means to be resilient.

Develop strategies to promote resiliency throughout the life span.

Explore methods for developing protective factors.

Evaluate how having protective factors helps people avoid risk behaviors.

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Resiliency

Being able to overcome disappointments and survive traumatic events is a sign of resiliency.

Resilient people can handle adversity in healthful ways and achieve long-term success.

What Is Resiliency?

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Family

School or community

Peers

Opportunities to participate in school projects or community events

External Factors

Internal Factors

What Are Some Factors That Affect Resiliency?

Factors That Affect Resiliency

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What Are Protective Factors?

Your developmental assets also protect you from risk behaviors.

These assets are protective factors, which can reduce the harmful effects of a difficult or risky situation.

They may also influence a person to respond to a situation in a healthy way.

Resiliency and Your Protective Factors

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Building Resiliency by Strengthening Your Protective Factors

Teens who do not have all their external protective factors in place can strengthen the ones they do have.

Develop a better relationship with the adult members of your family.

Find support from teachers, coaches, clergy, or other caring adults.

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Actions for Strengthening Your Internal Protective Factors

Become involved in extra-curricular activities.

Read for pleasure at least three hours per week.

Stand up for your beliefs.

Be honest with yourself and others.

Resist negative peer pressure.

Learn about people from other cultures.

Develop a sense of purpose.

Develop a positive outlook.

Resiliency and Your Protective Factors

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1. resiliency

2. Stress-management skill

3. relaxation response

4. protective factor

Q. A condition that shields a person

from the negative consequences of exposure to risk is a _____.

Choose the appropriate option.

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A. A condition that shields a person from the negative

consequences of exposure to risk is a protective factor.

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Provide a short answer to the question given below.

Q. List three external factors and three internal factors that

can affect a person’s resiliency.

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A. External factors affecting your resiliency include family,

school or community, peers, and opportunities to participate in school projects or community events.

Internal factors include commitment to learning, positive values, social competency, and positive identity.

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Provide a short answer to the question given below.

Q. Define resiliency. Why is it important?

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A. Resiliency is the ability to adapt effectively and recover

from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis. Resilient people are able to handle adversity in healthful ways and achieve long-term success in spite of negative circumstances.

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Make a list of at least five of your personal stressors. What

protective factors do you have or can you develop to help you deal

with each one?

Analyze the following situation.

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Resiliency

Being able to overcome disappointments and survive traumatic events is a sign of resiliency.

Resilient people can handle adversity in healthful ways and achieve long-term success.

Resiliency

Resiliency is the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis.

Resiliency is the ability to adapt effectively and recover from disappointment, difficulty, or crisis.

What Is Resiliency?

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What Are Protective Factors?

Your developmental assets also protect you from risk behaviors.

These assets are protective factors, which can reduce the harmful effects of a difficult or risky situation.

They may also influence a person to respond to a situation in a healthy way.

Protective factors are conditions that shield individuals from the negative consequences of exposure to risk.

Protective factors are conditions that shield individuals from the negative consequences of exposure to risk.

Resiliency and Your Protective Factors

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What Are Some Factors That Affect Resiliency?

Commitment to learning: Being actively engaged in your education.Positive values: Demonstrating these values through your words and actions, and avoiding risks.Social competency: Having empathy and friendship skills.Positive identity: Having self-esteem and a sense of purpose.

Factors That Affect Resiliency

External Factors

Internal Factors

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A. Correct! A condition that shields a person from the negative

consequences of exposure to risk is a protective factor.

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