Risk factor is the term that describes challenges that tax children's coping capacities and create psychological stress.
As children grow up, they are bound to face plenty of challenges and obstacles in their lives. These range from internal problems like self-esteem issues, to social problems like loneliness, and other issues such as poor parenting and drug use.
All these greatly tax their coping capabilities and create psychological problems, leading to risks of self-destructive or antisocial behaviors. These challenges are therefore termed ‘risk factors’. Other risk factors include challenges associated with onset of puberty, domestic abuse, social anxiety, exposure to drugs, mental disorders like schizophrenia, poverty and deprivation, etc.
There are also protective factors that can help to counter the ill effects of risk factors and promote the well-being of a child. These include good parenting, social acceptance, physical activities like sports, and supportive relationships
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