Adolescence Essay

I was influenced most developmentally by my parent’s divorce and my support systems during my adolescence. My parents’ divorce was a pivotal influence on my development as it created stress in my life that I had to learn to cope with. Their separation caused a strain on my family, and due to their fighting I no longer felt the same safety and comfort at home I did before. I began going to parties with my peers, and I started to use alcohol as a way to cope. Developmentally, I may or may not have…

The event that propels my reflective journey into the world of process unfolds after a workshop on Dealing with Conduct and Anger issues of Adolescence. The essay begins with a brief led up to the event and is majorly structured around the events of November 18, 2012. How a 5 a.m. emotional breakdown influenced my journey and then constructs towards an organismic experience. This essay then explores ideas of attachment, validation, and conditioning, Gestalt Therapy, Transactional Analysis and…

of this assignment is to analyse how a child’s life is socially constructed, in relating to their development into adulthood, addressing particular issues that consider essentialist and deterministic perspective of the transitions faced during adolescences. In brief description essentialist is how one perceives themselves during situations they cannot control, and deterministic is things that can be controlled by prior conditions, such as decision making. Using the following quote which is…

Adolescence is generally a stressful life stage for most individuals. An adolescent typically has a wide variety of issues to consider during this time period in their life- friends, family, school, etc. However, throw an illness such as cancer or diabetes into this already tumultuous period, and this life stage becomes even more complicated than most people ever think possible. In this paper, I will begin by introducing the specific illness that I will be discussing throughout the essay, and I…

In the beginning of the novel, Holden describes his life as a teenager. He describes how he has trouble in school and how he doesn't fit in with peers, especially women, his own age. The novel also shows that as children grow older they start to lose their innocence and try hard to fit in with their peers. The Catcher In The Rye reveals many aspects of the time period of which it was written. One of the biggest coherent aspect is the idealistic nature of everything in the novel. Holden…

My essay will explore developmental theories relating to adolescence and the advantages and disadvantages of using these theories within Social Work. Adolescence is the link between childhood and adulthood and Santock highlights (p.356) that as well as Biological and genetic development we must consider a child’s environment, social interaction and culture as this will also influence how a child develops into an adult. There are four stages to Piaget’s theory with the forth and final stage…

Adolescence is defined as the period of transition between childhood and adulthood, typically this period occurs between the ages of 10 and 20 years (Santrock, 2016, p. 16-17). Many changes occur during this period, including biological, cognitive and socioemotional. While these changes can cause some emotional turbulence for youths, for the most part this transitional period of life typically occurs without any serious disturbances. Most adults, even look back at their adolescence with fondness…

The four legal do’s and don’ts when treating children and adolescences with suicidal tendencies. All states mandate professional counselors have a duty to warn if a client has express intent to harm another; duty to report when a child, elder, or disable person is being abused or neglected, and report if the client is a danger to themselves. Transition into adolescence is a daunting growing pain alone; however, when many adolescence stressors begin to pile up with no light at the tunnel. Many of…

Juliet were 16 years old and 13 years old; they were truly in love but their parents were worst enemies. At the end of the story is where the tragedy happens, they both commit suicide. Adolescence can be a dangerous time for highly impressionable teens. In “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet”, William Shakespeare,adolescence plays a major role. One example of this is, Romeo’s unusual behavior reveals that, like a typical teenager, his emotions fluctuate. Therefore, he is elated one day and…

Throughout my adolescence, my identity has been developed in many ways by many different factors. Early on in adolescence, I was very impressionable and got aspects of my identity from others however when I entered crisis my identity developed. James Marcia classifies identity development in adolescence into four stages and I believe I passed through all of them to get to where I am today (Marcia pp401). Early on in adolescence, I had no sense of direction; however, I found my identity through…