Adolescence- Social and Emotional Changes

Adolescence (being a teenager) brings about many changes aside from physical changes of puberty. There are many social and emotional changes that you will experience, such as growing desire for independence from your parents and placing more importance on spending time with and relating to a peer group.

Social Changes: The changes in our relationships or interactions with others- for example; when we move into a different social setting or gain independence.

Emotional Changes: The changes in our feelings, for example; feelings of sadness and anger.

Answer the following questions:

1.      See if you can list all of the types of emotions from A-Z, one example has been put in there as an example.

A ___________________      B __________________        C ___________________

D ___________________      E __________________         F ___________________

G ___________________      H __________________        I ___________________

J ___________________        K __________________        L ___________________

M ___________________      N __________________        O ___________________

P ___________________       Q __________________        R ___________________

S          Sadness                       T __________________         U ___________________

V ___________________      W __________________       X ___________________

Y ___________________      Z __________________        

2.      What are some of the ways in which adolescence express their feelings, for example; when an adolescent is sad, they may cry. What are some other examples?

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3.      When you are feeling strong emotions like sadness or anger, what are some things that can make you feel better? For example; listening to music.

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4.      Why do young people and their parents have more conflicts during adolescence?

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5.      Think of time that you had a conflict or argument with your parents.

a.       What was the disagreement about?

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b.      How was the disagreement resolved?

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c.       When you look back at the disagreement would you handle it in a different way?

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6.                                What do you think are some of the challenges that adolescents go through, for example; wanting to have independence, but you have rules which your parents have in place. Think of five other examples:

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7.      How do relationships and friendships change when you become an adolescent? Can you think of an example?

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