Overview
Presents adolescent risk behaviour in the context of developmental tasks and social adaptation
Describes functional contextualism from a cybernetic perspective
Discusses the new morbidity comprising the problems of the zeitgeist
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
This book is based on the idea that increasing juvenile risk behaviours – like substance abuse, nonsuicidal self-injury, and antisocial or suicidal behaviour – allow adolescents to fulfill developmental tasks like identity-formation and regulation of self-worth. Narcissistic self-exploitation, mobility tasks, flexibility and the challenges of new media exert social pressure on parental figures, distracting and putting strain on their mental resources, which in turn changes and even destroys the emotional dialogue with their offspring. If children themselves experience neglect and lack of emotional bonding - resulting in a lack of self-regulating capacities – risk behaviours are the consequence.
The book combines different views in the psychological, social and metatheoretical domains. It consists of three parts: developmental problems of young people, diagnosis of risk behaviours in the nosological framework, and presentation of new morbidity with an increase in symptom prevalence. The book also discusses the threat of the acceleration of social processes and the risks of postmodern society.
Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Dipl. Psych. Peter Parzer: Degree of psychology from the University of Vienna. Since 1993 biometrician at the clinic for child and adolescent psychiatry, medical faculty of the University of Heidelberg. Scientific interests: Statistical methodology, control theory, cybernetics.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adolescent Risk Behavior and Self-Regulation
Book Subtitle: A Cybernetic Perspective
Authors: Franz Resch, Peter Parzer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69955-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69954-3Published: 13 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-69957-4Published: 14 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-69955-0Published: 12 April 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 127
Number of Illustrations: 9 b/w illustrations
Topics: Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Child and School Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counseling, Educational Psychology