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Adolescence

Adolescence is one of the most dangerous stages in human life. It may even be the most dangerous of all stages. Human beings move from childhood to adulthood, within new changes related to various aspects of growth, and human beings are exposed to many external and internal conflicts. [1] What do you know? What sections? What are the main problems faced by adolescents?

Definition of adolescence

Adolescence can be defined as a certain period of human life, extending from the end of late childhood to the onset of adulthood , and is distinct from other stages in changing the human state of mind, social, emotional, and physical. [2]
Many scientists have known this stage, and these definitions: [2]

• The definition of Horrocks (Harrocks): It is the period in which the human out of the cocoon of childhood to the outside world surrounding it, to begin to integrate, and interact with him, and in his definition tries to focus Horrocks on the idea of ​​human transition from childhood, and carry with them on the dependency on Its surroundings, to the outside world and its surrounding environment, to be self-reliant and self-reliant.

• Definition of Stanley Hall ( in English: Stanley Hall): is a period of human life which is characterized by severe behavior, and stress the great emotion and stormy, and Stanley focused on the idea of the emotional side that accompanies adolescence, and is shaped in the image of emotions and tensions and revolutions.
  

Categories of adolescence

Human life is a complete and inseparable unit, where every age and every stage is linked to what precedes it and what follows it. The studies confirmed that the stage of adolescence has returned to a full and comprehensive stage of human development, which is in no way separated from the other stages, And the end of the stages, [3] However, in order to facilitate the process of study has been classified and divided adolescence to several periods, the most important of these divisions:

• Bilateral Divisions: [3]

  • Early adolescence: stage extends between the ages of (12-16) years, and the most important thing distinguishes them for rapid growth of the human being to continue with him until after the age of puberty , one year, and described the behavior of the adolescent here independence and seeking to reach them, and his desire to large In the disposal of what is restricted and controlled by it, and feel the entity and self. Late adolescence: (English:

  • Late Adolescence ;phase extends between the ages of (17-21) years, and described the teenager 's behavior in which to avoid isolation and interaction and harmony with its surroundings and society, and integration into various social activities, as few individual differences noted, and is determined by the political leanings , Social, and professional.
    

• Trigonometry: [3]

  • Pre - adolescence: (English: Pre - Adolescence) is a stage stretching from the age of 10 years and up to 12 years, and clear for them to prepare to move for the next phase of growth , and is unique to this stage of psychological resistance experienced by the teenager against sexual orientation, where he is worried by the onset of Secondary sexual labels.

  • The stage of early adolescence: the stage extends between the ages of (13-16) years, known as the stage of puberty, so as to start the activity of sexual glands and its functions, but the teenager in this period , its growth was not completed for the exercise of sexual relations, this period is characterized by the emergence of signs of maturity Qaibde habit And sperm production in boys.

• Late adolescence: A stage that extends between the ages of 17-21 years, known as the post-puberty phase, where a person can fully practice sexual relations through the completion of the maturity of the genitals and organic functions. This stage ends at the beginning of adulthood.

Problems of adolescence

The period of adolescence varies from person to person, as it varies from one breed to another, from one geographical environment to another. It also varies according to the cultural environment surrounding the child during the period of his or her upbringing, and differs from the city to the countryside and from the restricted and rigid society that restricts the adolescent's activity to the free society, His opportunities. [4] Studies have shown that contemporary social methods are what causes adolescent adolescence, as these crises and problems are found more in Western societies compared to Muslim and Arab countries and societies, and the forms of adolescence that result from the presence or lack of problems of the adolescent, what Following: [4]

• A teenager together and sound free of difficulties and problems. Adolescent aggressive teenager, where the adolescent's practices are described aggressively either on himself or on others, or on idols. Teenager withdrawal: where the teenager here prefer to withdraw from his surroundings and his family and society to isolate and separate himself; to reflect on himself and his life and problems.

The most prominent problems faced by the teenager

There are many problems facing a teenager, including: [4]

• Alienation and rebellion: where the teenager feels that his parents can not understand, which drives him to abandon the wishes and constants of his parents, to assert himself and prove his excellence.

• Nervousness of the typist: where the adolescent's behavior is dominated by stubbornness and nervousness, because he wants to achieve his desires and requirements with violence and force, and overcome the tension that bothers him.

• The internal conflict: where the adolescent has some internal conflicts such as the conflict between his childhood and the wishes of manhood, and the separation and independence from his family and dependence on them, and his instincts and community traditions, and his ambitions and goals and the large and non-commitment and shortening, and religious conflict between what grew up and what appears to him and read Think about it.

• The annoying behavior: The adolescent wants to fulfill his wishes and requirements in any way without taking into account the requirements of the public interest, and therefore may act disturbing behavior such as screaming, beatings, theft, sabotage and lack of attention to the feelings of others, which may disturb those around him.
  

• Shame and introversion: The adolescent struggles are increasing within him, as a result of the requirements of the stage that necessitates independence and self-reliance, while he may return to the exaggerated exaggeration, or the extreme cruelty that I may feel in adopting others, which leads him after this conflict to convergence, isolation and withdrawal

By: Alaa Hejjo