Adolescent Development: Physical and Emotional Development

ADOLESCENT
DEVELOPMENT
PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Adolescence is a TRANSITIONAL period
A period of transition from childhood to

adulthood manifested by changes in
(1)physical appearance,
(2)rapid rate of growth, and
(3)resultant feelings of awkwardness and
unfamiliarity with bodily changes.
3 stages of adolescent development:
Early Adolescent (11-13 years old)

Middle Adolescent (14-18 years old)
Late Adolescent (19-21years old)
PUBERTY
physical changes including development of

Primary and Secondary Sex characteristics
and capacity for reproduction
a biological development occuring at the
average age of 11 for girls and 12 for boys.
Hormone flooding during adolescence
causes an acceleration known as growth
spurts.
Physical Growth during Puberty
Variations
 Many factors can be responsible for differences in the timing and results of
adolescents’ physical changes, such as:
 Genes. A person’s genetic makeup can affect the timing of puberty and
what the changes look like.
 Diet/nutrition and exercise before and during adolescence. Overweight
females, for example, are more likely to have their first period and
experience breast development at younger ages than their peers.
 Chronic illnesses. Conditions such as cystic fibrosis, asthma, diabetes, or
bowel problems also can contribute to delays in growth and puberty
because of nutrient deficiencies, toxin excess, and/or medication side
effects.
 Substance use. Smoking or using other drugs can harm adolescents’
growth and development. Smoking can stunt lung growth and make it
harder to grow strong bones
EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 a period of “storm and stress”
 a time of heightened emotional tension resulting from
the physical and glandular changes that are taking
place.
 What growth is taking place is primarily a completion of
the pattern already set at puberty.
 can be attributed mainly to the fact that boys and girls
come under social pressures and face new conditions
for which they received little if any preparation during
childhood.
 emotional instabillity
 There is general improvement with each passing year.
Self Identity
The most important task of adolescence is the

search for identity.
Adolescents are concerned about their body
image sexual attractiveness
Along with the search for identity comes the
struggle for independence.
cont.
Emotional Patterns in Adolescence
The degree of control the individuals exercise
over the expression of their emotions similar to
those of childhood.
Example, being treated “like a child” or being
treated “unfairly” is more likely to make the
adolescent angry than anything else.
express their anger by sulking, refusing to speak,
or loudly criticizing those who angered them
Emotional Maturity
 Boys and girls are said to have achieved emotional

maturity if, by the end of adolescense, they do not
“blow up” emotionally when others are present, but wait
for a convenient time and place to let off emoitional
steam in a socially acceptable manner.
 The individual assesses a situation critically before
responding to it emotionally instead of reactin to it
unthinkingly
 can be best achieved by discussing their problems with
others.
How can parents support healthy
adolescent development?
 Give your children your undivided attention when they want to talk. Don't read,
watch television or busy yourself with other tasks.
 Listen calmly and concentrate on hearing and understanding your children's point
of view.
 Speak to your children as courteously and pleasantly as you would to a stranger.
Your tone of voice can set the tone of a conversation
 Avoid humiliating your children and laughing at what may seem to you to be
naive or foolish questions and statements.
 Help your children build self-confidence by encouraging their participation in
activities of their choice (not yours).
 Encourage your children to participate in family decision-making and to work out
family concerns together with you. Understand that your children need to
challenge your opinions and your ways of doing things to achieve the separation
from you that's essential for their own adult identity.
What can adolescents do during this time?
 Avoid looking at your parents as the enemy. Chances are that they love
you and have your best interests in mind, even if you don't necessarily
agree with their way of showing that.
 Try to understand that your parents are human beings, with their own
insecurities, needs and feelings.
 Listen to your parents with an open mind, and try to see situations from their
point of view.
 Share your feelings with your parents so that they can understand you
better.
 Live up to your responsibilities at home and in school so that your parents
will be more inclined to grant you the kind of independence you want and
need.
 Bolster your criticisms of family, school and government with suggestions for
practical improvements.
 Be as courteous and considerate to your own parents as you would be to
the parents of your friends.
References
 https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/articles/7060-adolescent-
development
 https://www.slideshare.net/clariceanntalaboc/emotional-development-in-
adolescents
 https://slideplayer.com/slide/2748853/
 https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/adolescent-
development/explained/physical/unique/index.html

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ADOLESCENT

PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT

A period of transition from childhood to

Early Adolescent (11-13 years old)

physical changes including development of

The most important task of adolescence is the

 Boys and girls are said to have achieved emotional

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