Anxiety and Stress Reduction Is an Important Element in Substance-Abuse

question 40

Multiple Choice

Anxiety and stress reduction is an important element in substance-abuse prevention because __________.

• A) peer-refusal skills are often overly developed
• B) adolescents often have inadequate coping skills to deal with anxiety
• C) it is important that adolescents understand federal and provincial penalties
• D) personal decision making is enhanced as a result

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Definitions:

Identification

A psychological process in which an individual assimilates an aspect, property, or attribute of the other and is transformed, wholly or partially, after the model the other provides.

Self-Esteem

An individual's subjective evaluation of their own worth, or the confidence and satisfaction in oneself.

Defence Mechanism

refers to unconscious psychological strategies used to protect oneself from anxiety or social sanctions and to maintain self-esteem.

Reaction Formation

A defense mechanism whereby unacceptable thoughts or impulses are converted into their opposite within the individual's consciousness.