Fears Among School-Aged Youth: Article Analysis

I will be observing a seven-year-old child for my project. What I have learned from being a parent and watching my kids as they grow up the social emotional, physical and intellectual changes that occur in children between birth and the end of adolescence are that they all progress at individual intervals from dependency to increasing individualism. Because these developmental changes may be strongly influenced by genetic factors and events during prenatal life, genetics and prenatal development are usually included as part of the built in parenting skills we all possess. When children are born they have no sense of fear but quickly develop a fear of what

Everybody has a different perspective on fear and everybody is affected differently. The Mental Health Foundation stated that, “Fear can last for a short time and then pass but it can also last much longer and stay with us. In some cases it can take over our lives, affecting appetite, sleep, and concentration for long periods of time. Fear stops us from travelling, going to work or school, or even leaving the house.” This quote shows that fear does not affect people as much as it does to others. Although, fear can affect people for a long time which can cause them to stay isolated from others. There are many types of fears and some examples of fears include: the fear of the number 13, the fear of spiders, the fear of heights, and many others. There are hundreds of fears and many people have these fears and everybody is affected differently.

In the essay, “The Student Fear Factor’’, Rebecca Cox , I will be writing about on how one of the students that relates to me on her personal life experiences. Some college students find strategies to manage their fear on their first year of college because they feel nervous about on how are they going to do at college. College students feel sometimes they have concerns about not reaching their goals in life , not passing their courses, or afraid of life. The student that relate to me was Melanie because she recent graduate from high school and she enrolled in college. Melanie was a college student that attended at Lake shore community college. Melanie and I have similar situations that she went through her life. She was a full-time student and had four courses that was taken at her college. Melanie and I have both in common that attended a community college , taking for course , recent graduated from high school, and first semester of college.

     We humans especially, fear many different things: death, disease, old age, commitment, noises in the night, pain, responsibility, work, being too fat or too thin, or any number of other things. Some of our fears are reasonable and rationale, like the fear for our safety so we lock our doors at night, never walk alone on dark streets, and

Fear is an existing emotion that begins in childhood and progresses into adulthood. Children ages zero to two fear separation of parents, loud noises, and strangers while three to six year olds fear imaginary beings such as ghost and monsters (Smith). It is understandable that fear progresses in one’s lifetime, morphing from childish fears into more real-like scenarios. Propaganda, especially during wartime, appealed more to the fears of adults, as artists were targeting that

Currently, Hispanics/Latinos are the largest and fastest growing minority group in the United States (Varela, Niditch, Hensley-Maloney, Moore, & Creveling, 2013). Approximately, 40% of the Hispanic population under the age of 18 (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2002). In addition, anxiety disorders and phobias are among the most prevalent psychological disorders that affect youth and do not abate (Bernstein, Borchardt, & Perwien, 1996; Flakierska-Prakin, Lindstroem, & Gillberg, 1997; Woodward & Fergusson, 2001). According to Pina and Silverman (2004), a high prevalence of about 2.6% to 4.7% of youth in the Hispanic population experience anxiety disorders. Unfortunately, a common theme among the literature surrounding this topic is the lack of comprehensive information on rates and treatment of anxiety symptoms experienced by youth who represent the Hispanic culture. As a result, many Hispanic youth are experiencing anxiety but are overlooked and, ultimately, untreated. Therefore, it is essential that research focus on tailoring psychological assessment and treatment to this population.

Adolescence is a difficult time period in a young person’s transition into their later stage of both physical and mental development. Mood disorders are often overlooked during this time for the brain becoming more developed; however among children, anxiety disorders seem to be the most common disorders to be experienced (Nelson; Israel, pg 112). Barlow (2002) defines anxiety as a future-oriented emotion that is characterized by the inability to be in control and predict future events that can be potentially dangerous to the individual. Anxiety shares commonalities with fear, but the difference between the two being that fear is the initial response made from a present threat, where anxiety is due to a unknown future event. A common

“While biological factors certainly increase the vulnerability to developing fear and phobia, findings have not yet confirmed that these behaviors are controlled by biological mechanisms” (Rofé). Treating and understanding, psychoanalysis, phobias are believed to be a defense mechanism against trauma that might have been brought up as child. It still debated wether phobias are biological or created through life experiences. Due to varied experiments and evaluation, stating phobias derive from young childhood traumas would be untruthful and not factual. In the theory of psychoanalytic fear and phobias are created if the child remembers the experience which have brought

Literature found in relation to Allison Davis' socialized anxiety theory states that socialized anxiety is experienced by adolescents at an increased rate due to "...new developmental and behavioural tasks, and increased awareness" (G.Chaudhary, 2014, p.11) . Therefore, according to Chaudhary, the presence of socialized anxiety theory is only present in modern society, as it is brought on due to recent developments in education and society. Due to these reasons, adolescents are now aiming to achieve new, "socially desirable" goals, regarding both education, and acceptance within social groups. Assimilating with peers can also be a contributor to socialized anxiety theory, as the need to fit in with same age cohorts may result in pressure. This

Moreover, the research findings discussed in the article “Detecting the snake in the grass: Attention to fear‐relevant stimuli by adults and young children” by authors Vanessa LoBue and Judy S. DeLoache relate to human subject research because it is an observational study using both children and adults as participants. Data was collected on the children and adults’

Parents were also asked to complete the Children’s Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ; Rothbart, Ahadi, Hershey, & Fisher, 2001) with questions concerning each child’s temperament in varying situations. As hypothesized, the results of both the Lab-TAB and CBQ showed significant gender differences present early on in development, such that male children tended to be high in activity level, and girl children tended to be high in shyness and inhibitory control. The results theoretical implications suggest that effortful and inhibitory behaviors assist in the development of fear, and that motor activity may help in resolving fear. Across gender, activity level was consistently negatively correlated with inhibitory

This literature review is conducted to explore the social anxiety disorder, its Etiology, prevalence and finally putting focus on the need of a special treatment for adolescent with social anxiety disorder. Anxiety problems are the most common and widespread mental issues and are an area of interest for the medical as well as psychology researchers. These disorders are related to excess fear and anxiety and associated behavioural problems, where an

This is an article that specifically looks at anxiety in the school setting for adolescents. This article starts off with a story of a girl named Samantha. Samantha is a fourteen year old student that has test taking anxiety. She feels sweaty and would see the nurse daily because of her anxiousness. The article talks about the case of Samantha being common with many students in school. The article then goes into the different characteristics such as worry. Anxiety can manifest in three different ways: behaviorally, physiologically, and cognitively. Many different behaviors that children exhibit because of anxiety are reflected their attempts to control their anxiety. When discussing anxiety, there are different causes of anxiety and

As children grow older, they build the psychological and social skills that are needed to better understand their surroundings and are able to gather a better sense of control. As the child’s developmental limits are reached, most of their fears which are typical in childhood start to go away. Therefore, the rise of normal childhood fears are not the same as the anxieties and fears caused by traumatic circumstances for example, sexual or physical abuse. While common fears dissipate with age, the anxieties and fears caused by mistreatment and other situations do not. In early childhood the exposure to severely fearful encounters tend to affect the brain of the developing child, especially in the areas that involve learning and emotions.

According to my dictionary, Fear is an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. When the word "fear" comes to my mind, I think of an emotion that's caused by a bad situation. There are many things in this world that put fear in me. My greatest fears are computer viruses, thugs, sick people, and clowns. Each of these fears make me very scared and give me goosebumps.