G)+Risk+Factors+and+Protective+Factors

**Shared Protective Factors** (Warren, 2009) ** Shared Characteristics ** (Warren, 2009)
 * Shared Risk Factors** (Warren, 2009)
 * [[image:Scale.jpg width="258" height="244" align="right"]] Occur in times of transition or stress
 * Common brain chemistry
 * Common family history ie. parents
 * Low self esteem, depression, anxiety, impulsivity
 * Poor coping skills re: emotions, personal issues, etc.
 * History of sexual or physical abuse ie. child abuse
 * Unhealthy parental behaviors and low monitoring of childrens' activities
 * Unhealthy peer norms and social pressures
 * Susceptibility to messages from advertising and entertainment media
 * Experience trauma ie. PTSD
 * Family problems or relationship issues
 * Strong and positive family bonds
 * Parental monitoring of activities and peers
 * Clear rules of conduct that are consistently enforced within the family
 * Involvement of parents in the lives of their children
 * Success in school performance; strong bonds with institutions, such as school and religious organizations
 * Adoption of conventional norms about health
 * Increased parental presence in the home
 * High self-esteem
 * Obsessive preoccupation, craving, compulsive behavior, secretiveness, rituals
 * Having an apparent lack of control regarding the behaviour
 * Experience mood altering effects, social isolation
 * Linked to other psychiatric disorders, suicide
 * Difficult to treat (ie. denial), life threatening
 * Chronic diseases with high relapse rates
 * Require intensive therapy
 * Used to self-medicate/numb unwanted emotions (ie. shame, guilt)