The Ethical Use of the Life Attitude Schedule

When I hear the term life-span development, particularly when utilized in a psychological context, the first thing that comes to mind is that it has to be the investigation of change that occurs throughout the lifespan. This change that is being observed can be in the form of behavior or personality. This field of study is very interesting as it looks at the ways humans develop over the course of their life-span. The purpose of this paper is to explain why I believe an understanding of life-span development is important and why I believe an understanding of human development will be beneficial in my prospective career path.

Cobb-Clarke and Schurer carried out an investigation to determine whether they could answer three questions in regards to personality and stability. “Does the overall change in personality traits depend on age? Is adult personality change related to adverse life events? And, are changes in adult personality economically meaningful?” (Cobb-Clark and Schurer, 2011) In order to answer these questions Cobb-Clark and Schurer retrieved data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey by Summerfield in 2010 from 2005 and 2009 which represents a national panel study of over 7,600 Australian households. Respondents were asked how well 36 different adjectives

Teen’s behavior is a major warning sign of suicide or suicidal thoughts. Many factors play into an adolescent's behavior and attitude determining the way they

places emphasis on human’s capacity to rise above habit patterns and to select new goals and behaviour in turn. Its inherent goal is to enable clients to make new decisions about their present behaviour and the direction of their lives. Alternate routes to previously held ways of living, incorporating a self-defeating life-script can be replaced with a life-script where the client plays and active role; with the goals of autonomy, spontaneity and being fully present in one’s life and decisions being at the fore.

The Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire taps into lifetime’s suicide ideation and/or suicide attempt, assess the frequency of suicidal ideations over the past twelve months, assess the threat of suicide attempt, and evaluate self-reported likelihood of suicidal behavior in the future (Osman, Bagg, Gutierrez,

The purpose and focus of this week assignment is to select a program or an agency that conducts research on lifespan psychology to create applications that strengthen public policy and programs. The program selected for this assignment is the Children defense fund program. The Children Defense fund is a nationwide organization put in place to ensure that every child is treated fair and has an effective and promising start in life, regardless of their race, background or disability.

There are many models of risk assessment available to clinicians. The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL, 2006) recommends assessment based on the individual’s desire to harm themselves or others. Additionally, the capability to attempt should involve the clients: past history of suicide attempts; violent behaviors; having the means; current substance abuse; loss of reality; extreme agitation, aggression or rage. Suicidal intent is reflected by: an attempt in progress; a known plan to carry out the suicide; preparatory behaviors.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), 2015, suicide is the second leading cause of death in the adolescent population in this country and the number of occurrences continues to rise at a dramatic rate. For every teen that completes a suicide, 100 make an attempt, making suicide a paramount public health issue that needs to be addressed. Statistics show that since 2009, the rates of attempted and completed suicide, in this age group continue to steadily increase (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2015; Taliaferro, Oberstar, & Wagman-Borowsky, 2012).

Human Synergistic International’s Life style Inventory survey has provided me with very insightful information on my thinking and

Arrays of tools, treatment and practices have been developed for use during a clinical consultation to help determine suicidal thoughts, concerns and behaviors (James, 2013). Within the tools developed determinant conditions and preindication signs are identified (Montague, Cassidy & Liles, 2016). The succeeding section will distinguish and outline risk factors, suicide hints and suicidal assessment that are designed to gauge suicidal thoughts, concerns and behaviors (Montague, Cassidy & Liles, 2016).

The experiment provoked an emergency intervention on teenagers seeking medical services who display positive suicidal ideation. The study engaged in 49 participants, ages 14 to 19, in search of non-psychiatric services. Research announced the young participants to be conclusive for suicidal risk, due to recent suicidal ideation, suicidal attempts, depression and substance abuse. Adolescents were referred to the TOC intervention for treatment. The TOC intervention was established on self-determination theory of the adolescent’s values, goals and benefits for behavioral change. The ambition for the TOC intervention would construct lower rates of depression, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation when evaluated after two months in the emergency department

In the world today, society is filled with individuals of all cultures, from all types of subcultures, social environments, and individuals who have different value systems as well as different belief systems. In today’s world, all people are viewed as being different in all aspects of life and the behaviors of each person are different as well. Behaviors can be observed, measured, and repeated to create a either a positive outcome or a negative outcome. Most people who were born into this world were taught behaviors or either they develop behaviors as a part of their family structure, their environment, their sub-culture or from individuals that are related to their surroundings. Negative behaviors that are learned and not corrected at an early age create negative consequences in a person’s life which can have a

The participants were given four different questionnaires that studied varying characteristics of the study. The experimenters utilized the 20-item modified Fatalism Scale, originally developed by Shen and colleagues, in order to measure Fatalismo beliefs. Furthermore, the experimenters utilized the 17-item Hopelessness Scale for Children, developed by Kazdin, Rodgers, and Colbus, in order to measure children’s level of hopelessness about their outlook on life and life events. The Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale was used to measure depressive symptoms, and the CDC was used in order to measure suicidality (Piña-Watson & Abraído-Lanza,

Day to day, teens suffer from peer pressure, problem from home, and stress from academics. Despise their status in the environment, majority of high school students refrain from acknowledging the presence of their reality. The problem in most situations in that students feel shut in, trapped in a never ending misery. How do they cope? What are their ways of dealing? Most students live in denial. Others have friends to confide in. For the devastating part, most students are not as open to these ideas and it leaves them with this alternative: suicide. Suicide is the third leading cause in teens the ages 14 to 19 within rural underserved areas. Suicidal ideation (SI), suicidal thoughts, were surveyed in over 12 high schools and it was found that in the past year, thoughts of (SI) were not shared with peers or even adults in the pursuit of receiving help or support (Pisani, 2012). Because a student spends most of their day at school, it is ideal for schools to provide realistic opportunities and school-based programs to assist with the suicide among the youth. The Surviving the Teens Suicide Prevention and Depression Awareness Program designed four 50 minute session or each high school student. This presented information in regards to factual information about depression, suicidal warning signs, suicidal risk factors and myths associated with suicide (King, 2010). The program provide coping strategies for everyday life, referral sources if feeling suicidal, and how to recognize

2. To determine the extent to which components of life satisfaction combine with selected demographic variables to predict a person’s level of self-directed readiness.