If You Were Asked to Develop an Effective Prevention Program

question 29

Multiple Choice

If you were asked to develop an effective prevention program concerning eating disorders in teens, you should

• A) utilize psychoactive medication.
• B) teach the importance of resisting social pressure to be thin.
• C) create a highly structured environment in which the teens have little personal input.
• D) avoid teaching about specific diets.

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Definitions:

Value

The importance, worth, or utility of something, often reflecting personal or cultural beliefs about what is considered significant or desirable.

Folkway

A folkway is a customary social behavior that is informally enforced in a society, representing the everyday norms and practices.

Pedophilia

A psychiatric disorder characterized by an adult's sexual attraction to prepubescent children.

Child Abuse

refers to any physical, emotional, sexual harm, or neglect inflicted upon a child by a caregiver or another person.