Goals from last week: Much of the goals i planned to accomplish this week were offset by a oral presentation seminar.
Mentor: I had my first meeting with my mentor over the phone. The focus of the meeting was over my product. We brainstormed different ways a curriculum regarding the awareness, prevention, and handling of early teenage emotional and sexual abuse could be implemented. We discussed the best and/or the most feasible age group for such an endeavor. We played with the idea of holding it at after school programs such as the YMCA.
Research/Project:
I learned valuable techniques to preforming oral presentations, which well help me effectively cummunicate the research I have been doing thus far.
At the beginning of the week, I was able to get a bit of research done
In Attachment style, Relationship Factors and Mental Health Stigma Among Adolescents, their analyses indicated that perceived secure attachment style and strong affiliation with supportive peers are associated with reduced self-stigma of seeking help and social distance from individuals with mental illness.
The role of peers in the emerengence of heterosexual Romantic relationships in Adolescence, indicated the strong correlation of the qualitative features of friends to the qualtiative features of romantic experieneces. The study furthered validated Dunphy's (1963) proposal about adlescents' peer froups and how romantic relationships are embedded within them.
One of the articles i read this week talked about dating violence amoung adolescents. It defined dating violence to include psychological or emotional violence, such as controlling behaviors or jealousy; physical violence, such as hitting or punching; and sexual violence such as nonconsensual sexual activity and rape.
Goals for next week: I want to submit the mentor meeting form. In addition, I am extending my goals from last week to this week. So i want to be able to solidify exactly what I am going to do for my product, and start the process for obtaining any necessary resources for accomplishing TBD product.