Adolescence

an aspiring film maker, his close friends Joey, Pacey and Jen, as well as the additional friends that come and go along the way. It depicts the four friends, living in a small coastal town, as they help each other cope with the struggles of both adolescence and growing up. The group endures a series of struggles that comes with life, as they mature and develop. They undergo the changes that accompany the growing hormones of puberty, as well as the confusion of feelings that come with these…

Do Adolescents Have the Right to Make Autonomous Medical Choices? The World Health Organization defines adolescence as “the period in human growth and development that occurs after childhood and before adulthood, from ages 10 to 19.” During this stage, it is expected for one to seek independence and authority when making decisions i.e., what clothes to wear, who to communicate with, etc. In most cases the decision to be made are easy calls, however, there maybe instances where the decision is…

According to Society for Neuroscience teenagers and adults often don't see eye to eye, and new brain research is now shedding light on some of the reasons why. This could be why kids have risky or impulsive decisions in their teen years. Also in the shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet there are examples of parents restricting their kids on who they can or can't date because their decision making skills are lacking. There are also real life examples of teens and their lousy decisions. Parents…

I have read in my Exploring Psychology book. First of all, adolescence is the time when a child usually starts puberty and starts to become socially independent. This is also the time when their bodies start to sexually mature. Puberty can cause their hormones to surge, intensifies their mood and triggers a series of bodily changes. Some of those changes…

known as identity formation. Although issues with one’s sense of identity could arise at any point in life, clinical psychologist Erik Erikson theorized that identity formation was most prominent in, and was the most critical developmental task of, adolescence. Ideally, in identity formation, an individual goes through an “identity crisis” in which individuals try to form a unique sense of who they are by attempting to sort through what they already know. Ultimately, this should lead to them…

quickly and become more independent later in days and avoid some terrible results from young love. Headspace, the National Youth Mental Health Foundation, published an article state that “Romantic relationships are…a major cause of strong emotions in adolescence…both positive and negative.” (para. 2)We, both teenagers and parents, all expect there are more happiness, excitement and laugh in relationships. However, quarrels and conflict sometimes cannot be avoided in a relationship. In other…

Teen suicide is an ever constant issue that this nation and the world as a whole has to deal with on a daily basis. Thousands of adolescents every take their own life due to a multitude of issues and problems. These pointless deaths could be avoided through the direct or indirect intervention of friends, family, and even persons outside of the child’s life. At the beginning of my research, I didn’t know a lot of information pertaining to this major issue, however after thorough research I have…

Why Some Teens Join Gangs On average, 32% of all lower income families have children from ages 10-15 years old. These young adults are prime targets for gang affiliations. Over the next 12 months, hundreds of thousands of these adolescents will be approached to join a gang. The most likely candidates will come from broken homes, which leaves them looking for something to do, protection, and acceptance due to parental neglect. A recent U.S. Census report shows 7 million of the nation’s 38…

"Adolescence is a fleeting period in an individual's life. It is a short but enjoyable time in one's life (Cabigon, 1999, p.106). Emphasizing the word enjoyable, adolescents loves to live their life to the fullest through socializing with other people, hanging out more with their barkadas, being rebellious in nature and disobeying parents just to achieve an enjoyable state of life. An adolescent has a great deal to think about. This is the time of seeing other people in an objective way, of…

sexuallity, gender and race(Muller ). Her finding of each race, gender and sexuality gave a more in depth pattern. For instance, she found that most white and Hispanic gay and bisexual males are more likely to be bullied than white heterosexual adolescence(Muller ). This gives…