(CAUSAL FACTOR)
Md Aris Safree Md Yasin
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aris_safree@yahoo.com
NECESSARY CAUSES
SUFFICIENT CAUSES
CONTRIBUTORY CAUSES
Necessary Cause
If Disorder Y occurs, then Cause X must have preceded it.
Sufficient Cause
If Cause X occurs, then Disorder Y will also occur.
Contributory Cause
If X occurs, then the probability of Disorder Y increases.
REINFORCING CONTRIBUTORY
CAUSE
FEEDBACK AND
BIDIRECTIONALITY IN ABNORMAL
BEHAVIOUR
DIATHESIS-STRESS MODELS
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BIOLOGICAL
CAUSAL
FACTOR
3.
2)
GENETIC VULNERABILITIES
Example :
3)
TEMPERAMENT
PSYCHOGICAL
CAUSAL
FACTOR
1)
Institutionalization
In some cases children are raised in an institution
where, compared with an ordinary home, there is
likely to be less warmth and physical contact; less
intellectual, emotional, and social stimulation; and a
lack of encouragement and help in positive learning.
Parental
children
effects
physical
Separation
2)
3)
DIVORCE
4)
SOSIOCULTURA
L CAUSAL
FACTOR
Low Socioeconomic Status and
Unemployment
Prejudice and Discrimination in Race,
Gender, and Ethnicity
Social Change and Uncertainty
Urban Stressors : Violence and
Homelessness
3)
3)
4) URBAN STRESSORS :
VIOLENCE AND HOMELESSNESS
Violence takes its toll on the victims not only in the areas
of medical care and lost productivity but also in
increased rates of anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder,
depression, and suicidality