1. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES OF ADOLESCENT Adolescence is a developmental transition between childhood and adulthood. It is the period from puberty until full adult status has been attained. Typically, adolescence begins at puberty and ends at 18 or 21 years of age. Many authors like Greece philosophers Plato and Aristotle (forth Century B.C), they say that suggest that scientific study of Adolescent begins with reasoning (Plato) and it is a period of having ability to choose and that self-determination
Introduction Adolescence According to WHO Adolescence is the period in human growth and development occurring after childhood and before adulthood, i.e. from ages 10 to19. Onset of puberty marks the passage from childhood to adolescence. It is characterized by a tremendous pace in growth and change which is second only to that of infancy. Biological processes drive many aspects of this growth and development. It represents one of the critical transitions in the life span According to UNICEF Adolescence is
Adolescence is a period of developmental transition between childhood and adulthood. It begins with puberty and ends with attainment of adult status approximately at the age 18 or 21 years. Many authors like Greece philosophers Plato and Aristotle (forth Century B.C), suggest that scientific study of Adolescence begins with reasoning (Plato) and it is a period of having true ability to choose and that self-determination is a hallmark of maturity. The idea of adolescence is today one of our most widely
Adolescence is a developmental stage that involves various changes. Physical development, at the start of the adolescence, almost every part of the body undergoes some changes. It is triggered by hormonal changes that alter both the primary and secondary sex characteristics. Adolescence is also a stage that has been thought as period of “storm and stress”, a time of heightened emotional tension resulting from physical and physiological changes that are taking place in young adults. Emotions of the
Risk Taking In Adolescence Adolescence in the past referred to a period between ages of ten and nineteen, filled with numerous radical changes in human body, primarily physical development which was uncompromising impact for labor force, very much needed in those times. With the modern society, the concept of adolescence developed gradually, making adolescence known as the period of besides physical development also cognitive, emotional, social development and behavior maturity. The period of rapid
Adolescence, often epitomized by identity conflict and formation are influenced largely by the dominant cultural discourse and media exposure. The transition between childhood and adulthood constitutes’ both physical and cognitive changes, and from their immensity - is an integral influence upon the development of the identity. Humans’, being inherently “products’ of our context” are socialised by the dominant cultural discourse; media exposure, shifts’ perspectives’ on this cultural discourse,
CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEWAND THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK 2.0 INTRODUCTION A cursory search on the internet and the library aptly revealed that quite a number of studies has been done in the area of adolescent reproductive health. A lot of research and work has gone into common adolescents’ reproductive health problems ranging from issues of teenage pregnancy, abortion, drug use, drug abuse, STDs and HIV/AIDS. Most of these works revolve around behavioral and attitudinal challenges of adolescents but
Cognitive development is explained by the mental activities in age- related changes. Middle childhood allows the child to think in a more complex, intricate way compared to their early childhood as they are being exposed to much more. I support Vygotsky’s theory of cognitive development in middle childhood as he is said to believe that culture and learning is the main reason for the development of cognitive ways. As Swartz, De la Rey, Duncan and Townsend (2011) state that Vygotsky’s sociocultural
Human development is a process individual becoming different and changes through time. The process of human development includes birth until death. According to Berger and Thompson (1994) human development is defined as a process of human moves from conception to death. Meanwhile, Papalia and Feldman (2012) defined human development as a lifelong process of changes and stability throughout the human life span from early stages of life until death. Generally, human development process consists of
cases peer groups. Their attachment, parenting styles, behaviour and modelling rub off their children on a daily basis. Particularly the different styles of parenting such as permissive have different influences on children’s social and emotional development. The attachment the parent has with their child and how responsive they are tends to show how open children are to new relationships. If the child feels they have a secure base with their caregiver and feel a close sense of attachment they are more