My English professor uses this word to uninfluence laziness in our class.

Obstinacy: firmly or stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, entreaty, and a significant problem in teens of our society today. Teens are often finding themselves in classrooms trying to finish tasks and assignments, but procrastinate. Teens face stress in all circumstances that they are in, whether it is in school or at home. Research suggests that these factors cause reluctance and reflect on the daily lives of teens. Laziness, health problems, and stress at home all contribute to hesitation in finishing work.

At home, teens are faced with daily tasks to complete. Sometimes these tasks are piled up, all due to laziness. Laziness is a habit in which teens struggle to be active and productive in assigned tasks. Lack of self-confidence is the main contributor to this topic. Being in the adolescent stage, teens can often face stress from bullying, making friends or finding themselves. Lack of self-confidence can lead to stubbornness, ultimately affecting the person by making him/her hard to convince, persuade or to move to action.

Health problems also have a toll on young adolescent brains. Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) is a common mental disorder in children. This disorder affects the teen in many ways when completing even the simplest of tasks. This disease, unfortunately, can chronically last a lifetime. One effect of ADHD is easy distractibility. Patients with the disorder are not easily able to concentrate on completing simple tasks. Not easily recognizable by doctors, ADHD is hard to diagnose because all patients treat suffer from this disorder have different severities of it. For treatment, most patients take medication to calm the effect but still find themselves having a small bit impairment of concentration in school and at home. Statistics show that more than a quarter of children with ADHD are held back a grade in school. The critical thing to note is that the individual’s actions do not cause ADHD. Instead, it is caused by inheritance or even environmental effects. This mental deficient contributes to attention in school, leading to the slowness of learning in teens. Overall ADHD contributes to procrastination among teens by slowing workflow in their school and at home.

Another cause of obstinacy comes from stress at home. Post-traumatic stress disorder affects an estimated ten percent of women and five percent of men. Teens in their childhood life sometimes face tragedies, helplessness in their homes, or emotional difficulties within themselves. This can be due to family issues or even in extreme cases, intensive memories of traumatic events or sexual assault. Most teens face or have faced these intensities in their own home, eventually expanding trauma in their adult life. PTSD causes teens to suffer from different psychological problems such as depression, anxiety, or in some cases drug use. These factors take a significant toll on teens when functioning in school or at home due to lack of self-confidence. These factors are leading causes to procrastination and wanting to be on own. A concerning aspect of this disorder is that already teens that suffer the disease are not diagnosed. For teens to succeed despite having this disorder, therapy is needed to calm down effects.

Obstinacy in teens can likely emerge from lack of self-discipline as well. Teens would rather go out with friends instead of finishing homework for a class. This philosophy is engraved into teenage minds due to mainstream media and the influence of friends. In interview teens from high school to explain what causes them to procrastinate in school. Answers from these teens varied from authorities in relationships from boyfriends/girlfriends and as well as influences from even music that these stridently listen to, music portraying living life without worries.

In conclusion, obstinacy is a significant problem in teens of our society today; teens often procrastinate in everyday tasks whether it is in school or at home; lack of self-discipline as well laziness, health problems, and stress at home all contribute to the stubbornness of teens. Research suggests that reluctance is caused by these factors and they reflect on the daily life of teens, mental disorders such as ADHD and PTSD can influence and have an impact on how teens are active and productive. Lastly, lack of organization leads to teens missing deadlines and knowing when assignments are due in their classroom. Obstinacy refers to stubbornly adhering to one’s purpose, opinion and not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty. Thus according to the causes and effects listed in this paper, it is concluded that certain situations can contribute to a person’s reluctance (most directly toward adolescents).

Works Cited

“Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).”

Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2010. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/attention-deficithyperactivity-disorder/41787. Accessed 26 Nov. 2018.

“Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).”

Britannica School, Encyclopædia Britannica, 22 Jan. 2010. school.eb.com/levels/high/article/post-traumatic-stress-disorder/399280. Accessed 26 Nov. 2018