ADOLESCENCE PHYSICAL GROWTH, SEX AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

PHYSICAL GROWTH 

Adolescence has been historically considered a period of rapid growth, changing moods and rebelliousness. The founder of American Psychology G.Stanley Hall described adolescence as a period of some and stress implying the role of the parents to be that of restraining and control. The more recent psychologists like Erickson  state that the extent of adolescents distributed state of mind and body and parental conflict has been exaggerated. Nevertheless there is general agreement that adolescence is likely to be a challenging and some times difficult period in the young persons struggle towards maturity.

                                    

           Adolescence is a period of accelerated growth after the first years of on's life is also a period of rapid growth . The physical growth is fastest in the first year of one's life when child is likely to triple his birth weight, grow several inches in height  and gain control of his body to great extent. In addition the child's brain and head size increase up-to there rate in later life. The growth at adolescence is again multi-dimensional and is distinguished from earlier growth period by the sexual growth dimension which starts at puberty and gets to its mature stage during adolescent years.

    The earlier psychologists viewed this period as being much shorter and more dramatic than what researchers have discovered in more recent past. The earlier psychologists identified onset of adolescence from accelerated physical growth whereas physical growth is preceded by increase in hormonal secretion resulting in many invisible chemical changes as well development of internal sex organs of both female and male which continue to develop without being noticeable. The general belief about also being substituted by a more understandable period of youth getting adjusted to emerging drives and drugs due to change in their body chemistry new social demands placed on then by the family and society. However, the adolescents do not undergo any radical change in their personality as was believed earlier. The she children grow up to be she adults and more confident children growth to be relatively more environment do not change drastically.

        The girls physical growth starts approximately two years ahead of boys within the wide range of growth pattern both of girls and boys . The attitude towards its young people approaching puberty determines to a great extent whether or not their daughters coming of age will view it with apprehension or pleasure. In each case the feelings are communicated to the girls through verbal and nonverbal languages. These feelings of approval or disapproval result in developing confidence in the growing person or feel likely to cause by not providing necessary support and reassurance to the growing person who is in great inner turmoil due to emergence of new feelings and emotions caused by new hormones in their blood stream.