The Adolescents

Social Networking Sites are a recent phenomenon that have been actively embraced by adolescents around the world. A large proportion of adolescents regularly use social networking sites. The overall use of these sites has been found to be positive for adolescents. Research indicates that there are increased feelings of connection to peers and reported self-esteem by social networking site users. A number of those who use social networking sites have been found to have closer peer relationships.…

Which also an adolescent would do, which is not a very smart move when it comes to decisions. The limbic system tries to keep encouraging the prefrontal cortex to do these things, but the prefrontal cortex is too mature. Here is a fragment of evidence that proves my claim…

The Impact of Family Environment on Adolescents with Depression As if the road to recovery for teenagers with depression is not difficult enough on its own, it becomes even more so when they are not given enough support or stability in their own home. Instances have occurred where parents or friends do not believe in mental illnesses, therefore providing a discouraging home where the teenager is trying to cope. It is found in majority of cases that depression is related to “family environments…

Criminals, murders, and rapists are being discharged from prison regular in the wake of serving just short and permissive sentences. Who are these offenders and what makes them so unique? The culprits are adolescents who carry out grown-up unlawful acts. They are being attempted consistently in adolescent courts, and are accepting lesser sentences, and they are being discharged and given new characters to keep on living their lives in serene and upbeat euphoria, all while the victims and…

Human Behavior was filled with information based on “Biological Development in Adolescence” (as the title of the chapter was even titled). In this chapter I personally found it all to be interesting, and full of information from physical changes an adolescent faces to how sexual activity/prevention. Adolescences go through a lot of changes, not only physically, but psychologically, and socially. These changes are never experienced the same from one person to another, but there does seem to be…

Schools? A Review of the Literature Statistics show 34.3 percent out of 1000 female adolescents are pregnant, actually the lowest recorded in history (King, 2014).The previous statistics lead to approximately 850,000 adolescent pregnancies alone (McKeon, 2006), the highest rates of adolescent pregnancy recorded in the United States opposed to every other country. McKeon (2006) also states around 9.1 million adolescents have contracted an STI/STD under the age of twenty-five. In the society were…

other forms of a family unit undergo heavy judgment and are often reported as “second best” (Wegar, 2000). In this paper the stigma of adopted families will be research, as well as, the link between adoption and delinquent, anti-social, behavior of adolescents. Research has noted that many families with adopted children, no matter then reasoning for the adoption, report subtle and harsh judgment from strangers as well as their own family and the adoption process (Wegar, 2000). Research has also…

getting enough sleep at night? One of the most common issues among adolescents in this day and age is the issue of sleep deprivation and the numerous negative consequences that coincide with it. For adolescents and teenagers, seven to eight hours of sleep per night is ideal for maintaining and establishing better health and tendencies. However, this is blatantly not the easiest task to pursue or fulfill. Being a working adolescent and student myself, I know the struggles of coping and battling…

Introduction The period of time in which one is an adolescent is riddled with confusion, experimentation, and change on several different levels. It is a time of physical, psychological, social and cognitive growth (Stagman, Schwarz & Powers, 2011). The transition from childhood into adulthood comes with a number of difficulties, including exposure to alcohol and drugs. Although experimenting with alcohol and drugs during adolescence is common, it may also lead to dependency and addiction…

Consuming alcohol, as an adolescent will have severe affects on your brain not only at the age you currently are, but also for the rest of your life. First we need to know clarify that alcohol is a central nervous system depressant. Alcohol slows down the central nervous system, which leads to sluggish decision-making by the drinker, and furthermore slows down how the person walks, and talks etc. Research has proven that there are vast differences in the brains of teen drinkers in comparison to…