GAINING EMOTIONAL COMPETENCE

Emotions - state of feeling -set of competencies that enable one to process and adjust to
emotion-laden information
Components (BaCEb)
-can also be cultivated by social and cultural contexts.
 Bodily arousal (nervous system activation) – physiological
component Basic Features of Emotional Intelligence (SSSR)
 Cognition (subjective experience) – cognitive component
 Expressed behavior (outward expression of the emotion) –  Self-Awareness
behavioral component - Core feature
- open and evaluative to their internal states and the
accompanying external displays, such as facial
Plutchik’s Color Wheel of Emotions
expressions and behavioral responses\
- knowing how to accurately label and differentiate their
emotional experiences and focus on effectively
adjusting to them
 Self-Management
- handle their emotions in appropriate ways
- development of self-regulation and control
- to help adolescents recognize that they have control
over their emotions in a given situation.
 Social Awareness
- Recognizing the emotions of other
- Empathy (ability to perceive emotions in others)
 Relationship Management
- enable one to care, show support and help others cope
with emotional conflicts and upsets.
- ability to muster enough influence to inspire and
Emotional Intelligence motivate others, and effectively handle interpersonal
-the ability to express emotion, use emotions to facilitate conflicts.
thought, understand and reason with emotion, and regulate
emotion
PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING
 Bulimia Nervosa
-our collection of attributes that promote positive functioning. - Binge eating
- promoted by the development of positive individual
characteristics and exposure to healthy and supportive
relationships

Ryff Psychological Well-being Scales (SAPPEP)

 Self- acceptance
 Positive relations with others
 Autonomy
 Environmental Mastery
 Purpose in Life
 Personal Growth
Resilience
 that they can handle their daily responsibilities well
across different contexts
 regard their situation as a continuous process of
learning, changing and growth;
 they profess a positive outlook on themselves and
accept their strengths, as well as their limitations
Depression
-a common and serious medical illness that negatively
affects how you feel, the way you think and how you act
Suicidal Ideation (1. Active 2. Passive)

EATING DISORDERS

 Anorexia Nervosa

-Intense fear of gaining weight or of becoming fat, or

persistent behavior that interferes with weight gain, even
though at a significantly low weight
FAMILY
Basic Family Functions
 Socialization and education of children
 Care and protection
 Endowment of social status
Common indicators that a family system operates on a
healthy level
 Clear and direct communication;
 Facilitation of autonomy;
 Moderate degree of closeness or connectedness
between and among members; and
 Optimal level of flexibility when it comes to the roles of
members and family rules.
Variations in Family Structures
 Nuclear
-married heterosexual couple with at least one
biological child
 Extended
- Nuclear fam with other relations in the household
Polygamous family- refers to a family with a central
individual with more than one marriage bond. Two
variants arise from this structure:
1. Polygynous family- it constitutes the male as the
central person being married to multiple wives
2. Polyandrous family - is simply a reversal of the
polygynous family, wheereby the female becomes the
central person with multiple male spouses.
 Blended Family
- Children from prev marriage
FAMILY PROCESSES
-are also identified as strong predictors of adolescent
outcomes
PARENTING STYLE
-facilitate the growth of their children in different
respects.
- As they keep their onjectives in focus, parents develop
consistent strategies or approaches in dealing with their
children
Santrock (2013) and Berk (2013) cited ways:
• Involvement and warmth shown by parents encourage
adolescnts to be more receptive of their parents'
influence;
• A balance between demands made and autonomy
granted facilitates self-regulation and self- competence
in adolescents;
• Parental involvement, acceptance and reasonable
control are strong predictors of resilience, which refers
to one's ability to cope with adversity in a constructive
manner and achive successful outcomes in the process;
and
• Joint decision making enables the adolescent to hone
social competencies and discern the dynamics of social
relationships.