Question

How does a risk factor differ from a protective factor?

A risk factor refers to peers who influence a person’s potential for harmful behavior and a protective factor refers to family influences.

A risk factor describes a person’s potential for harmful actions and a protective factor describes a person’s thought process for resisting harmful actions.

A risk factor increases a person’s potential for harmful behavior and a protective factor decreases it.

A risk factor decreases a person’s potential for harmful behavior and a protective factor increases it.

Answer 1

I’d say it’s answer C.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option c.

Step-by-step explanation:

Risk factors are factors or the traits at the psychological, family, cultural, biological or community levels that are associated with the higher chances of harmful or negative results.

Protective factors are factors that are related to lesser chances of developing negative results or that lowers the impact of a risk factor.

Thus, the correct answer is - c or third statement.