How Adolescents Are Responsible For Their Own Identity

According to Dr.Penner’s lecture about Canadian adolescents, adolescence is defined as the years in which biological, physical, emotional and social movements transpire to cue the onset of adulthood and signify the end of childhood. I believe that it is in these crucial years that highly self-conscious teenagers desperately strive to find their identity rather than their sense of self. Sense of self is considered as something that every individual is born with. During Dr.Penner’s lecture I agreed with some of his statements, one of which states, parents can see their teenagers’ character and personality more as they mature, but he suggests that they have always been that way, they don’t just suddenly become a self because parents are now able to understand them. The sense of self unlike identity, in the early years, is not criticized to be true or false or judged as right or wrong. Rather, it is associated with the feeling of safekeeping, security and recognition of attributes that the child acknowledges as important. Throughout later years, sense of self becomes positively or negatively correlated with characteristics that parents value and portray for their children according to how they live their lives. I highly place importance on the fact that this sense of self must be nurtured in their environment and cherished by their loved ones. On the other hand, identity is an internal, subjective self structure that is comprised of one’s own personal experiences, history, attitudes, morality, abilities, drives and overall uniqueness. This complex internal structure of individuality is adaptive to their audience. I am certain that every teenager’s main aspiration in their adolescent years is to find their identity. Identity from my perspective is something that unique and is customized to every individual. I do believe that adolescents begin to piece together their identity through what they have found works for them and what doesn’t, but they don’t completely establish their identity as a whole. This is because they are notoriously so self-conscious that they have difficulty finding their individuality which is basically the whole meaning of what identity is. They attempt to establish themselves through others’

The life transitions are the major changes that occur throughout individual’s lifespan. Adolescence is often classified as one of the most challenging and significant stage during life transition. In this phrase, the individuals not only developing physical and sexual maturation but also experiencing the development of identity and transitions into social and economic independence (WHO, 2014). This essay will discuss the different concept of self-identity for adolescents, the important predictable and unpredictable elements during the transition, as well as the nurses’ role in relation to adolescence care.

Despite popular belief, when it comes to identity theory, adolescents are not the only factors involved in the formation of their development. A recent article published in Journal of Research on Adolescence shows that parents are active participants in the development of their child’s identity. Jonathan Ventura of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, along with Doctor Elli Schachter, studied parent’s who devoted time and effort to the thought of their child’s identity. Some of these parents even made changes in their own lives to do what is best for their child’s future identity. The parents thought about all aspects that could

Adolescent is a disconcerting time when there are many life changes emotionally, physically, socially and psychologically. There are unrealistic expectations which lead to disappointment and rejection. The maturity level of adolescents makes them feeling life is not fair and things will never change to benefit them. Erikson’s identity vs. role confusion is an example of how developing into owns identity can be challenging, especially when learning how to transition into adulthood. Adolescence is one of the most importance stages in life where the mind and body goes through varies changes. When changes cause impairment or interfere with activities of daily living it results in

First of all, with the use of plot and character as dramatic elements, MacLeod is able to depict the main characteristics of the nature of adolescence, mainly the search for identity and the quest for independence. Among the scientific community, adolescence is believed to be the most crucial period in human development. It is a period of “rapid biological, social and psychological change” (Soto, et al. 330). There are the transformations that define puberty, there are changes in the relationships and attitudes towards adults and peers, and many teenagers struggle to form a coherent identity (331). In the process of discovering their identities, most adolescents become self-centered. Having not yet

Students in 8th and 10th grades represent the developmental stage when adolescents explore autonomy and form identity influenced by internal and external influences (Muuss, Velder, & Porton, 1996; Dudovitz, Li, & Chung, 2013). At this stage, adolescents start forming their perceptions about the family, society, self, and peers. Their life course, such as interpersonal relationships with family members and peers and support (moderator) are the protective factors, and their victimizations (predictor) at school or work are the risk factors (Brook, et al., 1998), as shown in Figure 2. Family and peer relationships and victimization are associated and victimization (predictor) can influence family and peer relationships (Brook, et al., 1998). Interpersonal

The age range for the adolescence period is ten through 19, around those ages they should have a balanced amount of independence. Furthermore, some adolescents are wise enough to make medical decisions, place limits on the autonomy of adolescents; with autonomy, it gives adolescents some independence.

Oxford Dictionary defines autonomy as, “the ability to act and make decisions without being controlled by anyone else.1” In recent years, there has been an ongoing debate regarding whether or not an adolescent has the right to make his or her own medical decisions, especially those that are life threatening. While there are many circumstances regarding this topic, major issues are the incompetency of children and their lack of autonomy. It is quite clear that life-threatening medical decisions should only be made after an individual has reached age eighteen; that is the legal age of medical consent in most U.S. states. However, it has also been suggested that a teenage girl is much less likely to seek birth control

Adolescence serves the purpose of reorganizing the self and abandoning the security of childhood in the quest to forge a new identity. As adolescence sets in, teens naturally proceed through the ongoing task of separation and individuation from the family unit. Even under optimal circumstances, some teens face anxiety surrounding the new sense of responsibility; others appear to seamlessly leave this phase behind prepared for the accountability that comes with adulthood. Regardless of how difficult or simple this process may seem from the outside, those undergoing this growth are faced with an immeasurable amount of uncertainty and even a sense of nostalgia for the loss of childhood. In the most ideal of conditions, one undoubtedly

In this stage the adolescents are trying to merge, often conflicting ideas of identity. The adolescents perceptions of what society expects them to become and their own perception of what kind of person they have become now somehow have to merge with the adolescents past experience and their self determination for the future. (Gross, 1987).

The teen years for many adolescents have been proven to be a time of relationship identity, growth and struggle. Such is the case in the abovementioned movie. The adolescents in this movie, tackle issues that are synonymous with being a developing teenager. For instance, peer pressure, academic challenges and parent-teen conflicts were easily visible throughout the movie. Many of the adolescents had a strong tendency to mesh with other adolescents whose character roles and goals aligned with their own. These adolescents are at a pivotal point in their developmental stage (identity versus identity diffusion) where they are trying to develop a sense of self and personal identity. This is essential for their development into adulthood. In addition,

Erik Erikson proposed a theory that identity formation was an important developmental aspect of adolescence, which has been characterized by progressive developmental shifts. However, there has been a lack of longitudinal studies that support the multiple aspects of identity formation across adolescent. Therefore, there have been debates on whether or not identity formation fluctuates or if it’s stable throughout adolescence. The main purpose of this study was to provide a detailed review on the changes and stability of identity formation across adolescents ranging from ages 12 to 20.

A person adolescent experience shape there identity as a person by the way they are raised. People tend to act different depending on how their parents treated them. If your parents were always their for you and helped you through the hard times, then you will most likely grown up a good well behaved person. If your parents were always there for you, then you might end up as someone who doesn’t care much about life or anything else. It just depends on how you were raised. Some people that are really smart, probably had parents that didn’t put up with B’s or C’s. Average people that you might see working at a business office, probably had parents that just didn’t want to see F’s.

Social changes and emotional changes show that adolescent is forming an independent identity and learning to be an adult. It may lead to ambivalence and conflict. They struggle to develop their own identity, dependence upon parents which may give new way to dependent upon peers and

The adolescence stage is the most transformative stage of life and ranges from age 12-18 years old. During this time teenagers experience a variety of changes which prepares them for early adulthood. Throughout the early stages of puberty, it is very dependent upon sexual orientation. For boys, they began to shape manly physical features, they become taller, their body frame reshapes, their voice becomes deeper, and they began to grow hair sporadically and often facial hair. They also experience development of sexual organs and sperm develops. For girls, they experience menstruation and develop women-like features such as breasts, their hips may widen, girls also grow pubic hair and experience development of sexual organs enabling them to be fertile. Throughout this stage girls and boys grow differently and their