Adolescence is a developing stage that occur between the ages of 13 to 19 along with their physical, emotional and mental changes. It is a phase of finding their individual identity in which they begin to create their own person and one’s relationship to the world around them. Parents find it hard to figure out their emotions and communicate with adolescents even though their physical and mental changes can be predicted. Adolescence will be exposed to many forms of problems as they experience changes in physical, cognitive and psycho-social development. They tend to try various attitudes as they are establishing their characters and it consequently lead to many social problems such as unwanted pregnancies, traumatic injuries, bullying and
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According to the Kleinschmidt (2007), teenagers are more likely spending time with friends more than families as they go through the stage in which peers are more important than any others. As a result, friends can affect teenagers’ behaviour in both positive and negative ways depending on the attitude of their friends. For example, peers who show bad attitudes such as bullying and smoking can give negative influence on teenagers. In contrast, peers who brought the positive behaviours such as excellent in academic, involved in the co-curricular activities and avoid harmful substances such as drugs, alcohol and cigarette will subsequently leads to the positive attitude of the adolescents. Teenagers generally want to fit in with their peers because they want to be like as the others will make fun of them if they do not go along with the group. For example, if the group of a teen involved with drugs, alcohol and cigarette, he will also involve in that activities because friends are the powerful influence of the adolescents as they tend to follow their friends’ behaviour. But if his peer group are hard-working and always get good grades in examination, he are more likely to be like them in order to fits in with his friends. In 2007, 19.9 million Americans aged 12 or older were the current users of an illicit drug (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
According to the Kleinschmidt (2007), teenagers are more likely spending time with friends more than families as they go through the stage in which peers are more important than any others. As a result, friends can affect teenagers’ behaviour in both positive and negative ways depending on the attitude of their friends. For example, peers who show bad attitudes such as bullying and smoking can give negative influence on teenagers. In contrast, peers who brought the positive behaviours such as excellent in academic, involved in the co-curricular activities and avoid harmful substances such as drugs, alcohol and cigarette will subsequently leads to the positive attitude of the adolescents. Teenagers generally want to fit in with their peers because they want to be like as the others will make fun of them if they do not go along with the group. For example, if the group of a teen involved with drugs, alcohol and cigarette, he will also involve in that activities because friends are the powerful influence of the adolescents as they tend to follow their friends’ behaviour. But if his peer group are hard-working and always get good grades in examination, he are more likely to be like them in order to fits in with his friends. In 2007, 19.9 million Americans aged 12 or older were the current users of an illicit drug (American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,