Causes of Abnormal Behaviors

 Causes of Abnormal Behaviors

            Globally, people suffer from abnormal behaviors such as delirium, depression, anxiety, sexual, eating, sleeping, impulse control, or personality disorders.  In my humble opinion, diathesis-stress hypothesis combined with sociocultural factors are the foremost causes of such abnormal behaviors.  The diathesis-stress premise provides a genetic influence of certain psychological disorders.  When considered in conjunction with environmental stressors, various impairments are more prone to occur (American Psychological Association, 2012).  Thus, a history of psychological disorders within an individual’s family in concurrence with environmental risk factors increases the likelihood of the individual being susceptible to similar illness (Prevention Action, 2012).  Furthermore, the stress component of this model is comparable to the sociocultural factors which foster abnormal behaviors.  Various dynamics such as racism, poverty, unemployment, ethnicity, gender, conflicting social roles, religious belief, social change, or uncertainty may promote the occurrence of abnormal behavior in an individual.  Hence, genetics, environment, and sociocultural existence conclusively encompass the causal forces which foster the probability of their vulnerability to abnormal behavior.  These considerations explicate the means of contracting such mental illnesses in a consummate regard.  In short, heredity, habitat, and lifestyle constitute the means in which people contract sickness and disorders.

References:

American Psychological Association. (2012). Diathesis-stress hypothesis. Retrieved from

            http://www.apa.org/research/action/glossary.aspx.

Prevention Action. (2012). Diathesis-stress models. Retrieved from

            http://www.preventionaction.org/reference/diathesis-stress-m