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Image Gap Answer he flowing questions honestly. There ae na ight or wrong anewers This is @ chance to learn somthing about yours A. Read the lst below. Check the fve qualities you most admire in someone your age: Good grades a schoo! Hos moneynhings Good at art, musi, andl: dance ‘tractive tothe opposite sox — Coot eotnes —Pepttates of ands Smart ted by wachers Mature __ Casngttenstive Good at sports — Heatnyistong Not afraid of paronisteachrs Funnylsense of Humour Not infuence by what oer say! — tink Other: — Geodooking — Toush 'B. Flin the quates chosen in Section A inthe spaces provided. Ciel ‘much you think that applies to you rating from 1 to 10 toinleate how 1 12245678910 4234567800 12248678910 s204se7e010 apse with prin om EF Lis. 9 ing poet osu spline yh Hon Cen epee Mest Depend an Tete Cntel Ua 198 ‘Smiaweaasnas Image Gap: Problems and Strategies Part A Choose thr quatios that represent an image gsp problem for you. Think o al the ways you could ty to solve each “probian, hen deci which she best sate. Probiem Possible Suategles Bost Stalogy wish. wish. wih, Answer have questions uf. Theft question raquies a itla mere care and thought, soy te spend mere tine oni, 1. What do you the best about yours”? 2. What id you larn fom this exercise?” epg i xma a Src Fn Lo, eing pret ini sleet pce te No Soke Dperih SES Beaeny nd Tae Cn Ua ; Seidman ‘Smoking, Self Image and Self Esteem ‘According tothe Word Health Organization, soestoom, sl'image and isbarco use ae decly inked. Adcesconis who stoke tend to have ow sel-stzem, andiow expectations fr future achiovement, ten they sea smoking 883 way to cope withthe feaings of stress, ansley nd depression thal stem om a lack of selF-conficenc. Adolescent is are more aly to cope with stess by worrying,” and then um to geste o cope wih wor ‘Adolescents who see cigaretes asa way io handle nogatv feelings are more ikly to nore the long-term health consequences of smoking. Young non-smokers, on theater hand, tendo have high elLesteem tan eens that — ‘Teer'sattudes towards ther fonds, classmates, boytionds and gtinds who smoke can make a difereace othe ‘nm theibod of smoking tuts have shown thatthe single mest dred inuence on smeking among young Went is ‘he smoking habs of thor five best ends. Gls with a bes fiend who smokes ae nine times Kabir to become smokers themselves than those with non-smoking best fonds. ‘Some tsens believe hat smoking cigarettes wiimprove thelr image, by making them appear mere mature or "coak” ole models who smoke are frequent een as lough, sociable and eel tractive. For hese teen, smoking is an stlempt to improve the way they perceived by ers ar poos. Su awe sr aif peers do rose sly to his evategy, then the new smoker i aly to conus smeking. “Tis tite snot ston tobacco advertisers, who portray sivoking 2s aproo of adulthood, matury, sophisicaton, Popularity and sexual trectveness. nthe case of young gis, smoking also equated with thinness -feecing on _adolescant insecurities about body image. Being sim gives these gis sal-condence, and makes hem ea! shionable. Suounded by a clue that suppors such belts, some tenage gis may soe cgarotes as away 0 ‘atin the goals

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