Risk and protective factors are the aspects of a person and their environment or personal experience that make it more likely, risk factors, or less likely, protective factors, that the person will have a certain problem or achieve a certain outcome (Jenette Nagy, 2013). Risk and protective factors can be considered flip sides of the same coin. For example, for a child with a family history of alcoholism that could be considered a risk factor. On the other hand, a family that talks to their children about alcohol and doesn't abuse it themselves could be considered a protective factor.
Exercise is a big part of risk and protective factors for many health issues. For example, lack of exercise can be considered a risk factor for obesity while exercising can be a protective factor for obesity. The values of risk and protective factors can have a huge influence on many problems and outcomes. For example two people with the same situation could have different outcomes depending on their risk and protective factors.
Nagy, Jenette. "The Community Tool Box." Community Tool Box. N.p., 2013. Web. 30 Sept. 2013. <http://ctb.ku.edu/en/tablecontents/sub_section_main_1156.aspx>.
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