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Recently, much more focus has been put on the risky behaviors that adolescents engage in. When one thinks about risky behaviors, there are a few situations one may think about. Here is an example of situation one may think of: Sixteen year old male skips school all the time to hang out with his “friends” who happen to be a part of a gang. This young man now commits crimes frequently such as robbery. He eventually ends up in jail for robbing a grocery store at gun-point. Although robbery is not the topic of my paper, the issue which I will be talking about can be the underlying reason why this and other risky behavior occur. Many researchers have found that many teenagers engage in such behavior because of low self-esteem or ineffective relationships with parents or parental figures in their lives. For that reason, I believe reality therapy is the best fit to describe what is occurring when people, especially teens, choose to live a life that may present them with dangerous outcomes or put them in serious situations.
According to William Glaser and G.L. Harrington, we all have choices to make. [←Did you really need to turn to sources to make such an assertion? Is this not a fact of life?] These choices we make are driven by some basic needs all people have. Our basic needs are survival, love and belonging, power, freedom, and fun. We also have a strong desire to love and be loved. Unsuccessful relationships are believed by reality therapists to be the cause of our problems. (Corey, 2005/2009)
Working off of that theory and modality of counseling, as a Human Service worker, I would try to explain that reasoning to teens and their families. Attempting to find out what their real needs and desires are would be a goal of mine. I wo...

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... within the society of our youth are not to be taken lightly. As described by Mr. Battle in Review of Self-Esteem Research,

Work Cited
Corey, G. (2005/2009). Theory and Practice of Counseling and Psychotherapy. Belmont,
California, United States of America: Thomas Higher Education.
Elish, J. (n.d). fsu.edu. Retrieved 2014 26-March from FSU News: https://www.fsu.edu/news/2006/04/03/self.esteem/ [←Why have you written no date when this source in clearly from 2006?]
Fagan, P.F. (1995 17-March). The Heritage foundation. Retrieved 2014 27-March from The Heritage foundation: http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/1995/03/bg1026nbsp-the-real-root-causes-of-violent-crime
Robert W. Reasoner, P. (n.d). Review of Self-Esteem Research. Retrieved 2014 26-March from http://www.self-esteem-international.org/: http://www.self-esteem-international.org/content/5-research.htm

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