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General Psychology of Adolescents
Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. Since teens may not be emotionally mature enough or financially able to support children, sexual activity is usually considered problematic. At this age there is also a greater probability of drug and alcohol use, or mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, eating disorders and depression. The unstable emotions or lack of emotional intelligence among some adolescents may also lead to youth crime. Searching for a unique identity is one of the problems that adolescents often face. At this age, role models such as sports players, rock stars and movie and television performers are very popular, and adolescents often express a desire to be like their chosen role model. For this reason, people who are considered role models are often heavily criticized for their behavior, because in our time they are, we might say almost without exception, not socially conscious enough for the standard to which most children are held by most parents today. Of course, this doesn't mean that proper upbringing and an inspired life are contradictions; but there rages an argument about how soon one must make room for the other. It is a stage that attributes in development with greatly increased cognitive abilities, which can cause conflict as the individual has gained the cognitive ability to reason, dispute, and theorize on an adult level. Scientists have discovered that teen brains are changing pretty drastically, including "pruning" the gray matter and developing more white matter. This might explain some of the erratic, illogical and emotional behavior thought to be characteristic of teenagers. It also might explain why schizophrenia often does not show up until young adulthood. Psychological issues of adolescents may include: * Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. * Tendency and possibility of drug and alcohol use. * In some cases mental problems such as schizophrenia, eating disorders and depression. * The emotional instability among some adolescents also sometimes causes youth crime. * Searching for a unique identity is one of the problems that adolescents often face. At this age, role models such as sports players, rock stars and movie and television performers are very popular, and adolescents often express a desire to be like their chosen role model.
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