Case Study Of Ken's Wellness

Students in the classroom come from a variety of backgrounds. Their lives are shaped by their families, their communities, but also their peers in school whom they will spend hours a day with throughout their educational career. The ability to form relationships with others, to create lasting friendships that grow and evolve with time, is detrimental to all children and their development. Lacking the ability to do so, whether it is directly because of their conditions or because of how other students perceive them, can dramatically harm them emotionally and mentally.

Thesis: The relationship made with people in life helps one stay in reality and keeps one grounded in morals. If one completely blocks out society and get lost in their imagination it can progress into an unhealthy alternate reality. Without the support of friends and family one can dwell in an irrational state of mind.

There are many personal satisfactions in live, but getting a college degree must feel really good for a person that has work hard days and nights to achieve that goal. Personal growth that brings to obtain a degree, a dream come true. There are many examples of what student’s sacrifice to obtain this goal like a person who works extra shifts to pay its education, or as a mother at the end of every day after taking care of her family, it’s time for her to do her assignments. And a worker that after a long day of hard work, goes to its evening classes. There are some many students doing this type of

In accordance to the theory given by Adler, social interactions made by a person make important contributions in the larger community that may be beneficial on a larger scale. Level of the mental health of an individual is shown by the contributions that are made by an

Quitters Inc by Stephen King is about Mr. Morrison, an addicted smoker who's friend gives him a business card and tells him to go to the place, he is told that if he goes there they will help him with his problems. He has an unpleasant experience with them but soon his life changes in a good way. in the end he meets with his friend just to find out that they had it worse. There are many uses of foreshadowing in the story but the most powerful one is when he meets Donatti, one of his statements lingers throughout the story. Cigarettes and smoking were not always viewed as something detrimental, in our era we now know that they can harm you.

This is an example of Erickson’s theory intimacy vs. isolation, intimacy being the positive and failing to find it leading to loneliness and self-absorption (Berk, 2010, p. 468). Q was stress about getting into college because some of his close friends have already entered college. Due to “changing in society from one generation to another can effect life course, the social clock, age graded expectations for major life events can have a psychological strain when behind in timing of life events” (Berk, 2010, p. 471). Q has a close relationship with his brother, who is two years younger than him; he remembers having good times with him. This is also an example of Erickson’s theory intimacy vs. isolation showing that “intimacy can also be satisfied through other relationships” (Berk, 2010, p. 472).

7. Join clubs and sports. There you could meet new people and make new friends. It could also help you find your passion and taking classes that interest you help as

The hardship of Mark with strong complications of dealing with classes in the local community college, and the always demanding job adding to the everyday parental activities will increase the already preexisting stress in Mark.

Desiring to have a better life in future inclines people to focus on their academic career. Schools, exams, busy schedules and a pile of work are quintessential this goal. Therefore, students who want to achieve a better future prefer undergoing hard work instead of engaging in social activities. However, social sides of college do not only occupy a big role, but also has plenty of benefits. Social life in college becoming increasingly essential in today’s world triggered an acceptable consideration: Social parts of college should be considered as equal as the academic parts because of psychological, social reasons and its benefits in terms of future.

Ellie, who is a new student to Skinner High school wants to make friends. One of the way she attempts to make friends is attending their psychology club meeting. There are some things that could help play a role in Ellie’s quest for friendship during her psychology meeting. One of them is the mere exposure effect. The more Ellie attends the meetings of the club with the same people, the more they will like her. Because of this, there is a high chance Ellie will become friends with people from the club. Another is cognitive dissonance theory. Ellie might believe that she would make new friends if she joins a new club. Instead, she can talk to people in her classes, which can result in new friends. Last thing that could help play a role in Ellie’s

Adam is a college freshman in New York. He moved from his hometown of Boston to New York for college. He wanted a fresh start and to branch out from his family. During high school Adam describes himself as quiet, reserved, and awkward. Adam feels that he has a good personality, but rarely shows it. When Adam is comfortable with others he describes himself as funny, joyful, and talkative. Adam is aware of the consequences of his actions (Wessels, N. M., Zimmermann, J., & Leising, D.,2016). In his psychology class he is put into a group with 3 other students. He is pleased with the 3 other students, he could see himself wanting to be friends with them. Adam felt that this scenario is ideal for him, it would help ease him into being more

This results in few friends and international students tending to isolate themselves or keeping to a group of the same language. Depression comes into effect for those that cannot find peers of the same language. Therefore being forced to have very or no friend which leads to loneliness and depression. The barrier between international students and English speaking students create obstacles that impede the building of interpersonal relationships with fellow students. International students not fluent with the English language experience difficulties that students who are fluent do not. They difficulties include needing extra time to read assigned reading, difficulties understanding class lectures and discussions, and difficulties communicating concerns and view points (Tam. K, Donghyuck. L, & Huang. L, 2007) International students tend to disconnect from their previous social life and find new connections to develop new social Support networks in their new host country (Tam. K, Donghyuck. L, & Huang. L, 2007). Pedersen (1991), point out that a loss of social support as an impact on the psychological well-being of an international student. The unpleasant experience of forming new support networks in host country leads to feeling of disappointment and discontent. Overtime, these feeling lead to social isolation (Mallinckrodt and Leong 1992).

The following case study, is a female, Kelly, suffering from several problems with her family. She lives in a low income family and is the important role of family’s pillar. Since she is the oldest daughter and is a student at the same time, her parents fully expected her to take care of younger siblings. As a result, she did not perform well in DSE examination while her parents does not support her to continue study and urge her to gain a livelihood for family. Therefore, she has no idea on her decision making.

A famous study by Leon Festinger, Stanley Schacter, and Kurtt Back (1950) in a student housing development revealed that the development of friendships was influenced by the distance between the units in which the people lived. The closer the students' rooms were to each other, the better the chances that they would become friends. The people who became friends were those who had the greatest opportunity to interact with each other.

In order to come out of his own isolation he will have to learn to relate to individuals and also realise some of the problems and issues that confront his neighbours as a community.