Adolescents: The Transition To Adulthood

Overview of the Group According to Krisciunaite and Kern, the teenage years are considered a time of many challenges and difficulties. These changes can cause stress leading to negative mental health and wellbeing (2014). Adolescence is a critical time of development in cognitive, physical, psychological, and social development that impacts relationships with peers and adults causing confusion and stress due to the multitude of life decisions that await them. Stressors may include learning difficulties and challenging relationships with teachers at school and conflicts with parents, peers, or siblings (Krisciunaite & Kern, 2014). About one fourth of adolescents have at least one stressful experience in their lives (Krisciunaite & Kern, 2014). These experiences could be a death of a family member, divorce of a parental figure, or any number of other traumatic experiences. One fifth of teenagers experience anxiety at one time or another during the quick changes that adolescent transition brings. According to Mello, educational and occupational expectations are important precursors to adulthood and if conditions are not met, adulthood will not be fully established (2008). This group aims to address many of these issues and to support adolescent and young adult males and females sixteen to twenty-three years old seeking help with transitioning to …show more content…
According to Galambos, Barker, and Krahn, any depressive symptoms and expressed anger shown in adolescents declined where self-esteem increased (2006). This is the first basis of the intervention plan I created, building a program that educates the group members on anxiety, anger, and stress to promote self-esteem