Dying adolescents especially need to live in the present, have the freedom to try out different ways of coping with illness-related challenges, and find meaning and purpose in both their lives and their deaths. What concept does this describe?

If Diane is a teenager who has been diagnosed with depression, her clinician made the diagnosis based on all of the following characteristics EXCEPT

A) less popular among her peers. B) feeling rejected. C) average school performance. D) low self-esteem.

Grief-stricken teenagers are

A) usually more willing than school-age children to confide in parents. B) less likely than school-age children to escape from grief through acting-out behavior. C) more likely than school-age children to become depressed. D) more likely to adjust favorably if they are protected from the details of the death.