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In order for any parent to learn to cope with h±s or her off-spring during their adolescent years and to help guide them into responsible adulthood, the parent must first understand adolescence itself. ... Sur-viving adolescence oneself, does not necessarily bring understanding. ...
In order to come to some kind of understanding of the period we call adolescense, we must first attempt to define its meaning.
In Rolf Muusss Theories of Adolescence a general definition is -. divided into three forms:
"Sociologically; Adolescence is the transition period from dependent childhood to self-suffi-cient adulthood. ...
Otto Rank declares adolescence to be "the period that a most cru-
cial aspect of personality development occurs - the change from dependence
to independence." * ,
Eriksons theory of adolescence is "the period for the resolution of identity issues." •*
i There have been many theories suggested to explain adolescence. It seems £hat from Aristotle*s time to the present the many characteristics
defining adolescence generally have remained the same. ...
Adolescence is the stage of "formal operations" referred to by Jean Piaget. ... "9 The present thinking pattern of the individual determines the amount of understanding he has to solve a problem. ... ^^
The extent to which the so called "stress and strain" of adolescence is experienced can have a traumatic affect on the individual. ...
"In most cultures two different criteria have been applied to determine the end of adolescence. ... "^
Adolescence seems to be a period of many adjustments; social, personal,
sexual, political, and vocational, as well as becoming increasingly inde-
pendent from parents,both emotionally and financially. ... I would like to add in closing a very nice poem I came across in my research that may describe adolescence:
I have often sat outside beneath the sun and sky, and relaxed so I could think What do I feel? ... Theories of Adolescence. ... Muuss, Theories of Adolescence ( New York: Random House, 1975) page 4
2) Muuss, page 47, "Otto Ranks Emphasis on the Adolescent Need for Independence"
3) Krech, Crutchfield, Levison, Krech, & Wilson, Jr. ... , page 28
9) Muuss page 192, Piagets Cognitive Theory of Adolescent Development
10) Muuss, page 204 Piagets Cognitive Theory of Adolescent Development _
11) Muuss, page 204 Piagets Cognitive Theory of Adolescent Development
12) Muuss, Page 140-1 Social Psychology and Adolescence
13) Muuss, Page 9, Adolescence and Pubescence .
Approximate Word count = 1853
Approximate Pages = 7.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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