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Emotional Development - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Easier relationships
      - Resisting peer pressure
      - Making friends
      - Handling conflicts
    - - Generally optimistic view of self
      - Positive self-esteem through attachment they develop with main caregivers
      - Reinforced by successful + independent + feedback they receive from their carer
      - Body image essential part of self-esteem
    - - Fitting in with peer groups
      - Gaining acceptance is important
      - Can be fragile + change from day to day
      - Poor body image = low self-esteem
      - Low self-esteem can cause
        
        Poor school achievement
        
        Behaviour problems
        
        Bullying
        
        Teenage pregnacy
        
        Smoking
        
        Alcohol + drug use
        
        Refusing to go to school
        
        Depression
        
        Thoughts of suicide
  - - - Build self-esteem by having their basic needs met e.g. closeness.
      - Become aware they are loved
      - Important they they are shown they are safe + secure
    - - Not yet developed a clear understanding of self-esteem
      - When they learn a new skill they understand they have achieved something
      - Shown love + treat as special by primary caregivers. If feel unloved
      - More difficult to develop a sense of self-worth + value themselves
  - - - Eating disorder
      - Negative feeling of self-worth
      - Depression
      - Anxiety
    - - We usually describe ourselves through roles not characteristics e.g. parent or midwife
    - - Physical
      - Social
      - Mental
      - Emotional
      - Spiritual wellbeing
- - - - Biologically programmed to form attachments + infancy is a critical period for forming positive attachments
    - - Anxiety did not disappear when being fed by another carer
    - - Bowlby oversimplified his theory
        
        Rutter: maternal deprivation in itself may not result in long-term issues. Privation is more damaging: lack of opportunity to form attachments or have poor quality attachments = social or intellectual stimulation
      - Attachment is a learned behaviour influenced by factors e.g. environment, culture + baby's temperament
  - - - Up to 3 months: most respond indiscriminately to any caregiver
      - 3 months up to 7 months: distinguish the difference between main caregiver and other people, accept care from others
      - 7 months up to 9 months: looks to particular people for safety, comfort + protection. Shows stranger anxiety
      - 9 months +: starts to become more independent + forms several attachments
    - - Less clinginess + demanding behaviour
    - - Prematurity: incubator = cannot be held
      - Post-natal depression (PND): longer it lasts the hard it is to form a bond
      - Separation: e.g. illness, bereavement, parents divorcing
      - Foster care/adoption: may not have a consistent caretaker = affect attachments + sense of identity
      - Emotional unavailability: parents having issues with alcohol or drug abuse, illness or generally struggling with role
      - Disability: find it harder to attach , they may struggle with their feeling