Development

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This paper describes the factors that affect the course of development. It examines exactly how these factors influence the developmental process and discusses strategies to prevent or reduce the negative ramifications of these factors. The paper also looks at how diverse experience and individual resilience to these factors play a role in the extent to which development is affected.

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"Other factors, such as crisis and addiction may also negatively affect development. One of the worst possible experiences for a child is experiencing a parent's death from suicide. This is a traumatic event for everyone, but the experience is especially intense among young children (Mitchell et al., 2006). This kind of crisis can have devastating effects on several aspects of a child's life. Mitchell et al. (2006) state that "children who are survivors of parental suicide tend to experience even higher rates of anxiety, depression, poor school performance, and decreased social adjustment than children whose parents died of natural causes". Furthermore, children that experienced this crisis showed more evidence of psychopathology than children whose parents died due to other causes. The proper type of intervention is key in this type of situation since there is such a great likelihood of psychopathology resulting from crisis."

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