INTRODUCTION
Adolescence
is coined from Latin word adolescere meaning
“to grow up” (Macmillan Dictionary, 1981). It is a transitional stage of
physical and psychological human development generally occurring during the
period from puberty to legal adulthood. The period of adolescence is most
closely associated with the teenage years which are characterized with physical
growth and cognitive development. An individual undergoing this transition is
called an adolescent.
Also,
adolescence has been considered, almost by definition, as a period of
heightened stress (Spear, 2000) due to many changes experienced concomitantly,
including physical maturation, drive for independence, increased salience of
social and peer interactions, and brain development (Blakemore, 2008; Casey,
Getz and Galvan, 2008; Casey, Jones and Hare, 2008). Although new-found
independence can be stimulating, it may also lead to feelings of being
overwhelmed by change, which has historically led some researchers to
characterize adolescence as ridden with ‘Storms and Stress’ (Hall, 1904).
CONCEPT OF “STORM AND STRESS”
Hall
(1904) coined the phrase “Storm and Stress” with reference to adolescence and
applied the phrase as he saw turmoil during adolescence as universal and
inevitable. The core of the ‘Storm and Stress’ view seems to be the idea that
adolescence is a period of life that is difficult (Buchanan et al., 1990) –
more difficult in some ways than other periods of life and difficult for
adolescents as well as for the people around them.
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