SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENTS

Adolescence is the most crucial and significant period of an individual’s life. It is a complex transitional period that is developmentally distinct from childhood. During this period boys and girls move from childhood to adulthood, physically, mentally, emotionally and socially. The rapid growth of body brings about moodiness, irritability, emotional tension and restlessness. Some emotional characteristics marked during adolescence are heightening of emotions, variations in emotional moods, complexity in emotions, emotions of love, fear, anger, worry, jealousy etc. Peer pressure plays an important role in adolescents life. The adolescents have difficulty in adjusting to the needs and demands of parents and peer group standards which leads to different problem. Parents, school and society have joint responsibility for the desirable growth and development of adolescents.