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This article is about a stage of life. For the punk band, see The Adolescents.

Adolescence is the period of psychological and social transition between childhood and adulthood (gender-specific manhood, or womanhood). As a transitional stage of human development it represents the period of time during which a juvenile matures into adulthood.

Biological development (that is, puberty) and psychosocial development are largely overlapping during the period of adolescence, however clearer boundaries relate to physical development.

"Adolescence" is a cultural and social phenomenon and therefore its endpoints are not easily tied to physical milestones. The word derives from the Latin verb adolescere meaning "to grow up." The time is identified with dramatic changes in the body, along with developments in a person's psychology and academic career. In the onset of adolescence, children usually complete elementary school and enter secondary education, such as middle school or high school. A person between early childhood and the teenage years is sometimes referred to as a pre-teen or tween.

The ages of adolescence vary by culture. In the United States, adolescence generally begins at age 13, and end at 20. By contrast, the World Health Organization (WHO) defines adolescence as the period of life between 10 and 20 years of age.

During this period of life, most children go through the physical stages of puberty which often begins between the ages of nine and thirteen. Most cultures regard people as becoming adults at various ages of the teenage years. For example, Jewish tradition considers males to be adult members of the community at age 13 and females at age 12, and this transition is celebrated in the Bat Mitzvah for girls and the Bar Mitzvah for boys. Young Catholics have the sacrament of confirmation and then are full members of the community. Usually, there is a formal age of majority when adolescents formally become adults. For example, Japan's celebration of this is called seijin shiki (lit. "adult ceremony").

Puberty

Main article: Puberty

Puberty is the stage of the human lifespan in which a child develops secondary sex characteristics as his or her hormonal balance shifts strongly towards an adult state. This is triggered by the pituitary gland, which secretes a surge of hormones into the blood stream and begins the rapid maturation of the gonads: the girl's ovaries and the boy's testicles. Girls tend to enter puberty approximately a year earlier than boys.

The onset of puberty in girls is also related to body fat percentage. In most Western countries, the average age of menarche fell in a secular trend over the last century, most likely due to improved nutrition and increased caloric intake.

Preteens

The word preteen describes a child a bit younger than a teenager; perhaps between the ages of about 10 and 12. The neologism tween has the same meaning, but isn't in general use as either a colloquial or scientific term. This word comes from the age being between that of a child and a teenager.

Preteens are increasingly a specifically targeted market segment by business, because they tend to maintain the preferences they develop at this age. Even mobile phones are targeted toward this group.

Pre-pubescence is the age where children begin to have more responsibilities and begin to want more respect as people. Many factors include to this age, such as the desire to have the latest trends in fashion and somewhat music, and to earn small to moderate amounts of money in a way of an allowance or by having a part time job that is centered around household chores. Because of the emergence of greater awareness of social orders and groups, this is a very unstable area of development. Preteens often feel like they're not one thing or another and feel left out. To a girl approaching her teen years, fashion and hygiene (and sometimes the eating disorders that develop as a result of over-concern about these things) come to be a bigger part of her life, and males start to become attractive. Sports and socializing tend to become more important for boys at this age, but some girls do get this feeling too.

Teenagers

Main article: Youth

A teenager or teen is a person whose age is a number ending in "teen" in the English language: that is to say, someone from the age of thirteen to the age of nineteen. The word is of recent origin, only having appeared in the mid 20th century. Equivalent words in other languages may apply to a larger age bracket, including (at least some) preteens; e.g. tiener in Dutch officially from 12, colloquially from 10.

In Western culture, a distinct youth culture has developed. This culture is often distinctly different from the mainstream culture, sometimes in rebellion against it, and thus is often referred to as a subculture or counterculture.

Early Teens- Age 13-14

Mid Teens- Age 15-16

Late Teens- Age 17-19

Emerging Adulthood

Some scholars have theorized a new stage of development, post-adolescence and pre-adulthood. Arnett (2000) calls this stage "emerging adulthood," and argues that it is characterized by "relative independence from social roles and from normative expectations. ... Emerging adulthood is a time of life when many different directions remain possible, when the scope of independent exploration of life's possibilities is greater for most people than it will be at any other period of the life course." (p.469). Arnett, notes, however, that this stage is situationally and culturally constructed (i.e., people in other countries may not experience this as a unique life stage.)

Discrimination against adolescents

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Some adolescents and adults believe that people between the ages of 10 and 18 (or 21 or 25) are subjected to unjust discrimination. This form of discrimination is increasingly referred to as adultism. It is also called ageism, though that is simply prejudice on the grounds of age, not youth particularly. The underlying notion is that adolescents should be treated with equal respect as individuals by adults, institutions, and the law on the basis of their humanity, rather than being seen as "second-class citizens," intellectually inferior, or as the property of adults. This discrimination takes many forms, including lack of citizenship rights such as voting and the right to hold political office, as well as cultural, economic, and systemic disenfranchisement. At the same time, most adolescents are required to pay adult prices for admission to entertainment facilities (theatres, cinemas, amusement parks), and for transportation. There is also ongoing discrimination against adolescents in the areas of incarceration, education, and military recruitment, particularly minority and low-income youth. These young people face systemic and cultural barriers that often precede their right to due process in the law and equal educational opportunities.

Research has proven that social stratification between age groups causes stereotyping and generalization; for instance, the media-perpetuated myth that all adolescents are equally immature, violent and rebellious. While there may be some truth to this matter, as teenagers are prone to hormonal outbreaks, the majority of teenagers are able to keep their emotions in check. This has led to growing number of youth, academics, researchers, and other adults rallying against adultism and ageism; some have organized education programs, protest statements, and organizations.

Furthermore, persons in positions of authority, a notable example is merchants, are frequently reported to give teenagers substandard treatment and service, based upon these stereotypes, possibly as well as because they are often not in positions to complain. An example of this is the fact that teenagers are paid far lower wages, regardless of their job experience or qualifications. Economically, this doesn't make sense, as teenagers often have the most money to spend, and nonetheless, each adolescent will one day become an adult consumer is his or her own right with the accompanying purchasing power.

Adolescence is used as an easy target by the media. More often than not, figures and statements portrayed as fact and reality are incorrect and misleading if not down right false and deceptive. Some individuals have taken a stand against this mass-generational slander, such as Mike Males in his article "Media Myths about Teenagers".

Psychology of adolescents

Main article: Adolescent psychology

Maturity in body leads to an interest in sexual activities, sometimes leading to teenage pregnancy. Since teens may not be emotionally or mentally mature enough to handle sexual activity, or financially able to support children, it is considered problematic.

At this age there is also a greater probability of drug and alcohol use, or mental health disorders such as schizophrenia, eating disorders such as anorexia, and depression. The unstable emotions or lack of emotional intelligence among some adolescents may also lead to youth crime.

Searching for a unique identity is one of the problems that adolescents often face.

At this age, role models such as sports players, rock stars and movie and television performers are very popular, and adolescents often express a desire to be like their chosen role model. For this reason, people who are considered role models are often heavily criticized for their behavior, because in our time they are, we might say almost without exception, not socially conscious enough for the standard to which most children are held by most parents today. Of course, this doesn't mean that proper upbringing and an inspired life are contradictions; but there rages an argument about how soon one must make room for the other.

G. Stanley Hall denoted this period as one of "Storm and Stress". Conflict at this developmental stage is normal and not unusual. Margaret Mead, on the other hand, attributed adolescent behavior to their culture. Piaget attributed this stage in development with greatly increased cognitive abilities, which can cause conflict as the individual has gained the cognitive ability to reason, dispute, and theorize on an adult level.

The information processing theory, on the other hand, does not see this as a qualitatively different stage, but rather just part of the uniformally gradual slope in gaining more experience. Another equally interesting view is the inventionist view, which states that adolescence is merely a creation of sociohistory. Especially important in this view are the sociohistorical circumstances at the beginning of the twentieth century, a time when legislation was enacted that ensured the dependency of youth and made their move into the economic sphere more manageable.

Positive Psychology is sometimes brought up when addressing adolescent psychology as well. In many groups, one encounters a surprising number of teens who are bored, unmotivated, and pessimistic about their future. A positive psychology styled approach attempts to start up their internal fires, help them develop the complex skills and dispositions necessary to take charge of their lives, to become socially competent, compassionate and psychologically vigorous adults. The article "Positive psychology and adolescent mental health: false promise or true breakthrough?", by Thomas M Kelly, discusses it more.

Scientists have discovered, using Magnetic Resonance Imaging, that teen brains are changing pretty drastically, including "pruning" the gray matter and developing more white matter. This might explain some of the erratic, illogical and emotional behavior thought to be characteristic of teenagers. It also might explain why schizophrenia often does not show up until young adulthood.

Social and cultural

Main article: Youth culture

In commerce, this generation is seen as an important target. Cellular phones, contemporary popular music, movies, television programs, video games and clothes are heavily marketed and often popular amongst adolescents.

In the past (and still in some cultures) there were ceremonies that celebrate adulthood, typically occurring during adolescence. Genpuku (translated as coming of age) in Japan is an instance. Upanayanam is a coming of age ceremony for males in the Hindu world. The bar mitzvah for boys and bat mitzvah for girls are the rites of adulthood in Judaism. African boys also have a coming of age ceremony in which, upon reaching adolescence, the males state a promise to never do anything to shame their families or their village. This was also continued among African-American slaves in the early days of slavery before the practice was outlawed.

Teenagers have also been an important factor in many movements for positive social change around the world. The popular history of adolescents participating in these movements may perhaps start with Joan of Arc, and extend to present times with popular youth activism, student activism, and other efforts to make youth voice heard.

Legal issues

A number of social scientists, including anthropologist Margaret Mead and sociologist Mike Males, have repeatedly noted the contradictory treatment of laws affecting adolescents in the United States. As Males has noted, the US Supreme Court has, "explicitly ruled that policy-makers may impose adult responsibilities and punishments on individual youths as if they were adults at the same time laws and policies abrogate adolescents’ rights en masse as if they were children."

Internationally, those over a certain age (often 18, though this varies) are legally considered responsible adults. Those who are under the age of legal responsibility may be considered too young to be held accountable for criminal action. This is called the defense of infancy.

The issue of youth activism affecting political, social, educational, and moral circumstances is of growing significance around the world. Youth-led organizations around the world have fought for social justice, the youth vote seeking to gain teenagers the right to vote, to secure more youth rights, and demanding better schools through student activism.

Youth are also becoming more involved in community leadership, governance, and service. Volunteerism among youth is at a record high, while student voice in schools and youth voice in communities is being engaged in community organizations, government boards, and in youth-serving nonprofit staffs and leadership.

The sale of selected items such as cigarettes, alcohol, and videos, and video games with sexual or violent content is often prohibited based on age. Such age restrictions vary widely. In practice, it is common that young people engage in underage smoking or drinking, and in some cultures this is tolerated to a certain degree. In the United States, teenagers are usually allowed to drive at 16 (each state sets its own minimum driving age), but they cannot legally purchase or consume alcohol until 21. In Europe it is more common for the driving age to be higher (18, usually) while the drinking age is lower. The traditional age of full maturity in the U.S. is 21 and, until recently (see: Twenty-sixth amendment) people were not legally allowed to vote until this age. At present, citizens may vote at 18 and usually can run in local and state elections at that age (and sometimes do; in rare cases, high school students have run for school board positions, and at least one has been elected mayor). One must be 25, however, to serve in the House of Representatives and 30 to serve in the Senate, or 35 to serve as the President of the United States.

Given the perceived emotional immaturity of adolescents, many countries consider those under a certain age to be too young to engage in sexual intercourse and other sexual activities with adults, even if they are physiologically capable (see age of consent). This issue has been most famously dramatized in the book Lolita (and two movies). Pedophilia is defined as interest in children before puberty, yet informally in the United States and other countries where there is a prevalence of a culture of fear, it may also include interest in adolescents, with their maturing bodies (although the correct term for an interest in post-pubescent adolescents is called Ephebophilia). In some other countries or cultures, typically those in which extended family relationships prevent the quick taking-up and dropping of romantic relationships, relationships between adults and adolescents are socially accepted or viewed with tolerance. See pedophilia and ephebophilia for more information. In many countries, sex with adolescents below a certain age has become a social issue and is considered a serious sex crime. The age of consent varies according to the country or state/region. Countries without such laws may be targets for child sex tourism, if their laws do not separate prostitution from normal relationships.

Pornography involving those under a certain age, typically 18 (see child pornography), is also considered unacceptable and strictly prohibited in most countries. In the past (and still in poor countries), female adolescents were sometimes forced to engage in prostitution and slavery, even at a young age.

Since the advent of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1989, almost every country (except the U.S. and Somalia) in the world has become voluntarily legally committed to advancing an anti-discriminatory stance towards young people of all ages. This is a legally binding document which secures youth participation throughout society while acting against unchecked child labor, child soldiers, child prostitution, and pornography.

Fiction about teenagers

• A Separate Peace
• Famous Five
• Ferris Bueller's Day Off
• Go Ask Alice
• Harry Potter
• Heathers
• Nancy Drew
• Napoleon Dynamite
• The Breakfast Club
• The Catcher in the Rye
• The Chocolate War and Beyond The Chocolate War
• The Hardy Boys
• The Outsiders
• The Perks of Being a Wallflower
• Rebel Without a Cause
• Red Dawn
• Rushmore
• Stand By Me

Nonfiction about teenagers

• Giroux, H (2003) The Abandoned Generation: Democracy Beyond the Culture of Fear
• Giroux, H (1994) Channel Surfing: Racism, the Media, and the Destruction of Today's Youth
• Giroux, H (1995) Stealing Innocence: Corporate Culture's War on Children
• Giroux, H (1996) The Mouse That Roared: Disney and the End of Innocence
• Guilloud, S (2002) Through the Eyes of the Judged: Autobiographical Sketches by Incarcerated Young Men
• Males, M (1997) The Scapegoat Generation: America's War on Youth ISBN 1567510809
• Males, M (1999) Framing Youth: Ten Myths About the Next Generation
• Males, M (2001) Kids & Guns: How Politicians, Experts, and the Press Fabricate Fear of Youth
• United Nations (2003) World Youth Report
• Postman, N (1991) The Disappearance of Childhood
• Kitwana, B (2003) The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African American Culture
• Llewellyn, G, L (1991, 1998) The Teenage Liberation Handbook
• Fletcher, A (2004) Meaningful Student Involvement Guide to School Change
• Dworksy, A (1984) Adolescence: the Wasted Years.
• Checkoway (1997) Adults As Allies to Youth
• Innovation Center (2001) Broadening the Bounds of Youth Development: Youth as Engaged Citizens
• Welton, N & Wolf, L (2002) Global Uprising: Stories from a New Generation of Activists
• California Adolescent Health Collaborative (2001) Involving Youth in Public Policy
• Dominick, B & Ebrahimi (1999) Liberating Youth
• Marques, E, Haid, P, & Brown, J (1999) Re-focusing the Lens: Assessing the Challenge of Youth Involvement in Public Policy
• Cervone, B (2002) Taking Democracy In Hand: Youth Action For Educational Change in the San Francisco Bay Area
• Marques, E & Brown, J (1999) Taking Notice: An Annotated Sampling of Youth Organisations
• NA (1997) Teens: Little Respect in a Big World?. Crimson and Gray Online
• Males, M (1999) The "Harper's Index" of Myths About American Teens
• Hyatt, B (1985) The Oppression and Liberation of Youth
• Hutchinson, E (2001) Too Young To Vote, But Not To Be Executed
• McPherson, K, Sisson, M, & Fletcher, A (2001) When Youth Have a Voice, School Climate Changes
• University of the Poor. (2002) Young People's Liberation Policy

List of people who achieved fame in their teens

Historical significance

One should however remember that in many cases adulthood was considered to start earlier, and often also legal majority.

• Alexander the Great, Macedonian king and conqueror
• Anne Frank, diarist
• Peter Fechter, killed in 1962 when attempting to cross the Berlin Wall
• Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, school shootings
• Patty Hearst, kidnapping victim
• Joan of Arc, military leader and saint, commanded the French army at age 17
• The Kangxi Emperor of China
• Pope John XII
• Tsarevich Alexei Nicolaievich of Russia and Grand Duchess Anastasia Nicolaievna of Russia
• Timothy, Youngest leader of an early Christian Church
• Ryan White, AIDS activist
• Franklin Sousley, one of the six men in the famous photograph of troops Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.

Literature

• Mircea Eliade
• S.E. Hinton, author
• Joyce Maynard, author
• Mary Shelley, author

Entertainment

• Jenny Agutter, actress
• Jessica Alba, actress
• Fiona Apple, musician
• Jamie Bell, actor
• Amanda Bynes, actress and show host
• Keisha Castle-Hughes, actress and the youngest person to be nominated for Best Actress Oscar
• Charlotte Church, singer
• Johnny Depp, actor
• Hilary Duff, actress
• Corey Feldman, actor
• Tom Felton, actor
• Judy Garland, actress and singer
• Amy Grant, singer, musician
• Rupert Grint, actor
• Corey Haim, actor
• Józef Hofmann, pianist
• Eva Ionesco, actress
• Evan Rachel Wood, actress
• Alicja Janosz, singer
• Skandar Keynes, actor
• Matthew Lewis, actor
• Lindsay Lohan, actress
• Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, actresses
• Daniel Radcliffe, actor
• Dylan and Cole Sprouse, actors
• Amy Studt, British singer
• Jamie Lynn Spears, actress
• Jasmine Trias, Filipino-American singer from American Idol
• Marie de Villepin, socialite, actress
• Emma Watson, actress
• Bonnie Wright, actress
• Avril Lavigne, singer, musician
• Mandy Moore, singer, actress
• Yehudi Menuhin, violinist
• Natalie Portman, actress
• Emma Watson, actress
• Daniel Radcliffe, actor
• Rupert Grint, actor
• LeAnn Rimes, country music singer
• Brooke Shields, actress
• Britney Spears, singer
• Natalie Wood, actress
• Ritchie Valens, singer
• Yulia Volkova, singer
• Lena Katina, singer

Sports

• Freddy Adu, football (soccer) player
• Kobe Bryant, basketball player
• Nadia Comaneci, Olympic gymnast
• Kevin Garnett, basketball player
• Martina Hingis, tennis player
• Lebron James, basketball player
• Anna Kournikova, tennis player
• Michelle Kwan, Olympic figure skater
• Tara Lipinski, Olympic figure skater
• Carly Patterson, gymnast
• Pelé, soccer player
• Mary Lou Retton, gymnast
• Harbhajan Singh, cricketer
• Maria Sharapova, tennis player
• Ryan Sheckler, skateboarder
• Sachin Tendulkar, cricketer
• Tim Watson, Australian rules footballer
• Maradona, football (soccer) player
• Serena Williams, tennis player
• Venus Williams, tennis player
• Tiger Woods, golfer
• Sidney Crosby, hockey player
• Ronaldo, football (soccer) player
• Kaka', football (soccer) player
• Wayne Rooney, football (soccer) player

See also

• Activism
  • Student activism
  • Youth activism
• Boy band
• Education
• Ephebiphobia - the irrational fear of adolescents gaining more rights or showing behavioral, emotional or social emancipation
• Images of young people
• Meaning of life
• Puberty
• Rite of passage
• School
• Sexuality
  • Sex education
  • Sexual abstinence
• Teen idol
• Teen magazine
• Teenagers in history
• Youth culture
• Youth rights
• Voice (being heard)
  • Student voice
  • Youth voice

Human development and psychology

• Adolescent psychology
• Educational psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Human development
• Erikson's stages of psychosocial development particularly stages 5 & 6
• Kohlberg's stages of moral development particularly stage 3

Compare with

• Adult
• Aging
• Child
• Peter Pan syndrome
• Young adult

External links

• Teens Homepage - TeensHealth offers a safe, private place to get information about health, growth, and emotions.
• Adolescent Depression - Helping Depressed Teens article by the National Mental Health Association.
• Everyone deserves to be given a chance - An essay against ageism towards teenagers, written by a Canadian adolescent.
• NYRA - The National Youth Rights Association.
• Teen Jobs - A site that provides resources for teens that are looking for jobs.
• Pro-Youth - A site against ageism towards teenagers.
• School Survival - Support site for kids/teens who hate being forced to attend school.
• Scared of School - Site for teenagers who like to learn but are scared of school for various reasons.
• Why Me? - Site for the teenagers who call themselves 'nerds'

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