What are the relationships between coming out and peer victimization in secondary school students, according to one study? How does coming out affect self-esteem and depressive symptoms?
What will be an ideal response?
Adolescents who "come out" are more likely to experience peer victimization; however, they report higher self-esteem and fewer depressive symptoms than their "closeted" peers. Being out may promote and reflect resilience.
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In teams, the members
a. are pursuing goals that each member finds personally meaningful. b. compete with each other, so any one person’s success means someone else in the group will fail. c. work collaboratively in the pursuit of group-level goals. d. realize that, should they fail as individuals, others will step in and help them. e. monitor their progress toward their goals through group discussion.
What is a potential criticism of the research of Masters and Johnson? a. They did not use random sampling. b. They did not use measurable assessments
c. They focused solely on the sexual behaviors of men. d. They focused only on the experiences of incarcerated women.
With regard to the relationship between stress and depression, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT that a. the context of the life event, as well as its meaning to the individual, is more important than the nature of the event itself. b. an individual's current mood state might distort earlier memories of flife events that precipitated the depression c. stressful life events are
strongly related to the onset of mood disorders. d. recurrent episodes of depression, but not initial episodes, are strongly predicted by major life stress.
Participants were asked to remember items they saw in an office. Errors made were not unusual items, but items often found in offices (e.g., a coffee cup). On what were participants likely relying?
A. cultural script B. stereotype C. social script D. schema