Self-Perception Positive Behavior and Mental Wellness

Promoting Good Self-Perception, Positive Behavior, and Mental Wellness among Adolescents
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Promoting Good Self-Perception, Positive Behavior, and Mental Wellness among Adolescents
Self-perception
Self-acceptance among the adolescents is always a challenge faced by most of them. According to Hadley, Hair & Moore (2008), during the adolescent stages, most teenagers face constantly try to please their peers and attract new friends mostly those of opposite sex. Those who are unsuccessful, resort to conclusions such as “I am not good-looking.” They are likely to end up being depressed. Encouraging teens undergoing adolescent stage to accept themselves the way they are will involve several steps such as counseling sessions, proper hygiene, and health practices and live among people who continuously praise their accomplishments and efforts. The teenagers can be advised of the importance of valuing themselves the way they are so that other people can appreciate them as much. Burton (2017) claims that healthy lifestyle significantly boosts self-confidence and self-esteem of an individual.
Behavior
McLeod, Uemura & Rohrman (2012) state that approximately 11% of teenagers between the age of 11 and 17 have been diagnosed with issues of hyperactivity disorder. Such teenagers according to McLeod, Uemura & Rohrman (2012), tend to be extremely aggressive and participate in antisocial and criminal activities such as drug abuse and shoplifting. The lack of being still and concentrating on their school work tends to lead to low self-esteem and frustrations.

Teenagers portraying aggressive and antisocial behavioral characteristics should be referred to counseling sessions and encouraged to participate in social activities before the behavior worsens, and they end up participating in criminal activities.
Mental issue
Furthermore, teenagers at adolescent stage fall victim of the fear of being judged and rejection resulting from mental complications such as social anxiety disorder. As a result, they end up being stressed and may suffer from other health complications such as heart diseases and depression. Living among people who consistently recognize the positive and achievement of the teenagers at adolescent stage will enable them too to appreciate and accept themselves. They are unlikely to experience social anxiety disorder as a supportive and loving social group will continuously surround them.
Educating parents
To pass the information to parents, I would use forums such as seminars, community meetings and religious gathering to educate them on the importance of understanding the challenges adolescent children experience and the need for providing social support and love to evade the outcome of the challenges.
Recommendations
I will refer parents to resources such as “Promoting Positive Mental and Emotional Health in Teens: Some Lessons from Research. American Teens. Child Trends Research Brief” by Zaff, Calkins, Bridges, and Margie. The article contains tones of information of the problems experienced by teenagers at the adolescent stage, and parents can take some of the approaches to ensure positive self- perception, behavior, and mental development among their children. Moreover, I will instruct the parents to visit psychiatrists or mental health practitioners once a while and inquire about some of the social and mental problems teenagers are likely to experience and ways to prevent them.

References
Burton, N. (2017, September 17). Building Confidence and Self-Esteem. Retrieved June 20, 2018, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/hide-and-seek/201205/building-confidence-and-self-esteemHadley, A. M., Hair, E. C., & Moore, K. A. (2008). Assessing what kids think about themselves: a guide to adolescent self-concept for out-of-school time program practitioners. Child Trends, 32, 1-6.
McLeod, J. D., Uemura, R., & Rohrman, S. (2012). Adolescent Mental Health, Behavior Problems, and Academic Achievement. Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 53(4), 482–497. http://doi.org/10.1177/0022146512462888