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Adolescent Social Development: Navigating Relationships and Independence

Explore the dynamics of adolescent social development, including hormonal influences, parental and peer relationships. As teens strive for independence, they experience mood swings, peer pressure, and the importance of parental guidance. Discover how they balance personal choices with family ties and peer approval in this transformative phase.

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Adolescent Social Development: Navigating Relationships and Independence

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  1. ADOLESCENT SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

  2. SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT • G. Stanley Hall: Sturm and Drang (Storm and Stress) • Hormonal changes have some effect on the activity levels, mood swings and aggressive tendencies

  3. PARENTAL RELATIONSHIPS • Teens striving for greater freedom; results in more arguing with parents • Teens maintain that personal choices should be made by them • Quest for Independence: less time spent with family & greater emotional attachment to non-family members • Continue to share same broader views (politics, religion)

  4. Although teens become independent of their parents as they grow older, they nevertheless relate to their parents on a number of things, including religiosity and career choices. Peer approval and relationships are also very important. Parent and Peer Influence

  5. PEER RELATIONSHIPS • Most frequent providers of emotional and social support • Cliques: peer groups of 5 to 10 people; join for stability and a sense of belonging • Crowds: larger group of several cliques • Peer Influence: dress, hairstyles, speech • Peer pressure peaks at age 15 and decreases after age 17

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