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Erikson's Theory Of Student Suicide

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Hong Kong has been shocked by a recent series of student suicides - and this is not the first time. In February this year, five secondary school students took their lives in the course of just 17 days. It shows that students are facing many problems in their life and they do not know how to solve it. They are suffer from the stressful and others emotional problems. Compared to other Asian countries such as South Korea and Japan, Hong Kong's suicide rate is not unusually high. But the alarming frequency of students committing suicide since 2015 has prompted authorities to look at the struggles young people are facing. Therefore, we decide to set up a group to help students to solve negative emotions positively to prevent …show more content…

Erikson suggests that there is still plenty of room for continued growth and development throughout one’s life. Erikson puts a great deal of emphasis on the adolescent period, feeling it was a crucial stage for developing a person’s identity.
Base on Erikson’s theory, students who are at 12 to 18 are search for a sense of self and personal identity, through an intense exploration of personal values, beliefs, and goals. If they are always suffer the stressful and emotional problems, they will easy to lose their personal …show more content…

Repeat it till the balloon explodes.
 Round 2: Randomly invite two students to come out, one of the students will carry a balloon and a pump, the other will need to answer the questions in a limited time. Student with the balloon and pump need to pump the balloon steadily till all the questions are answered or the balloon explodes
 To show out, if students can’t solve the pressure effectively, more and more negative emotions will accumulate and will ultimately explode, just like the

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