According to the report of population division, department of economic and social affairs, United nation 2012, world had 721 million of adolescents aged 12-17 and is expected to increase 762 million in 2030. India is one among the world’s largest adolescent populations with 253 million (Indian census, 2011). Every fifth person in the country is an adolescent in the age group of 10-19 years (Prathiba, 2014). Adolescence is the crucial, transition period of development from childhood to adulthood
What is adolescence? Adolescence can be defined as the middle stage between childhood and adulthood. An adolescent would be a child between the ages of 11 to 18 years of age, the most difficult and trying time in a child’s life. This time is the most difficult because; there is an array of changes going on physically, socially, and cognitively. There are so many factors and stages, which play a role during this sensitive time of development such as changes in body, social acceptance, self-esteem
of values, goals and beliefs. In this theory, exploration is mentioned about as active questioning and searching among replacements in the quest to establish goals, values and beliefs (Marcia, 1991). According to our course book, Childhood and adolescence: Voyage in Development, Identity achievement is that an identity status that characterized those who have explored alternatives and have developed commitments. Foreclosure
Adolescence experienced a tremendous change in physical growth and development. This happen when they reach the prior developmental stage of puberty. Puberty is the time in which a child's sexual and physical characteristics mature. It occurs due to the hormone changes. ( ) Physical Development In girls, breast development is the main sign that she is entering puberty. It will be followed by the start of her menstruation. Before the first menses, a girl will experience growth of pubic, armpit and
Adolescence is the sensitive phase of one’s life. There are major changes in humans emotionally, physically and socially. Regarding to Pakistani society, it is instructed to evaluate this phase as how an adolescence go through emotional and physical problems? Adolescence is a sensitive phase and there are many physical and emotional changes in an individual during this phase. These changes are as following. Mood swings shows strong feelings and intense emotions at different times
mental health. Weare is a Professor of Education at the University of Southampton, England. Some of the books she has been the author or coauthor of are the following, “Promoting Mental, Emotional and Social Health: A Whole School Approach”, “What Works in Developing Children's Emotional and Social Competence and Wellbeing”, “Happy Teachers Change the World: A Guide for Cultivating Mindfulness in Education” and more (Weare and Nind 36). Melanie Nind is the second author of, Mental Health Promotion
to focus on social networking and its effect on mental health along with their influence on society, particularly its addiction leading to depression. In the recent years the number of youths who are using the range of social media has increased dramatically. Considering the increasing number of participants- According to (Facebook, statistics;2014) facebook has an average of over 829 million daily active users and the increasing amount of time spent using it. Social media are social software which
brought a revolutionary change, in both positive and negative way, to adolescent’s social life. Internet revolution provides an effortless medium for people to communicate, making it no longer limited by time and place. However, it also carries a negative issue, which we know as Cyber bullying. Cyber bullying is a harassment done by someone to disturb other person’s life through a digital medium. In this era, many social platforms, such as email, facebook, twitter, instagram, snapchat, and path, provide
work. It was found out that the family environment and the parents’ treatment do affect a person’s concern as an adult. Interestingly, the only-children was found to have the greatest concern on successfulness which is aligned with Adler’s theory on effect of birth order. Adler (1927, as cited in Maltby at el., 2013) pointed out that the only children have a high need of approval and are high achiever, thus always set high goals for themselves. It was also found out that as the number of siblings increases
Matters involving youth and disorder have existed and evolved through successive historical eras. According to Pearson (1983) the discourses relating to Anti-Social Behaviour became more common in the 1990s. The ASB was illegalised by The Crime and Disorder Act (1998) and defined in a manner that was likely to cause harassment. Anti-social behaviour in childhood also predicts a wide range of trouble some adult outcomes (Waiton, 2008). Kearn and Bannister (2009) have argued that negative attitudes