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Psychological & Behavioral Changes of Adolescence ---------------- Fatima Al-Haidar Professor & consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist College of medicine-KSU 1437/2016 fhaidar@ksu.edu.sa Psychological & Behavioral Changes of Adolescence ---------------- Fatima Al-Haidar Professor & consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist College of medicine-KSU 1437/2016 fhaidar@ksu.edu.sa
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Adolescence is a period of global & pervasive changes and not a matter of developmental crisis. Most of adolescents pass through it smoothly. Averagely, it expands between 12 & 20 yr of age. The period of adolescence lasts till the individual becomes a young man or woman.
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Context of adolescent development: ------------------------ - Family - Peers & friends - School - Media
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Physical Development - Puberty - Puberty - Primary sexual characters - Primary sexual characters - Secondary sexual characters - Secondary sexual characters - Increased hormonal release - Increased hormonal release - Fast & disproportional growth - Fast & disproportional growth - Health status. - Health status.
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Physical Development cont. ------------------------------- Psychological consequences of physical changes: → embarrassment → embarrassment → sensitivity to criticism → sensitivity to criticism → social isolation → social isolation → sadness → sadness → irritability...... → irritability......
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Cognitive Development - IQ & special talents - IQ & special talents - Attention span &concentration - Attention span &concentration - Perception & deep meanings - Perception & deep meanings - Memorizing - Memorizing - Day-dreams - Day-dreams - Thinking - Thinking - Idealism - Idealism - Independence. - Independence. - identity. - identity.
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Social Development “The conflict between the need to belong to a group and the need to be seen as unique and individual is the dominant struggle of adolescence “ Jeanne Eliu m
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Social Development ------------------------ - Social relationship during adolescence - Relationship with parents - Relationship with peers
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Emotional development ----------------------------- - Extreme & inconsistent - Extreme & inconsistent - Impulsivity & recklessness - Impulsivity & recklessness - Anger & easily provocation - Anger & easily provocation - Looking for self-assertion - Looking for self-assertion - Authority resistance - Authority resistance - Critical comments - Critical comments - Love & romance. - Love & romance.
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