Developmental

Tasks and LESSON 5

Challenges of
Adolescence
 Developmental Challenges of Adolescence
• Adolescence is the transition period between childhood and
early adulthood– the most rapid stage of human development.
• According to World Health Organization (WHO), it is a
period of life with specific health and development needs and
rights.
• It is also a time to develop knowledge and skills, learn to
manage emotions and relationship, and acquire attributes and
abilities that will be important for enjoying the adolescent
years and assuming adult roles.
• Cambridge Dictionary defines developmental as
relating to the process of growing or changing into a
more advance, larger and stronger form, while
challenges is defined as something that needs great
mental or physical effort in order to be done
successfully and therefore tests a person's ability.
• The challenges the adolescents are facing occur during
the development of his/her biological, cognitive, and
physiological, spiritual and moral aspects.
 Early Middle Late Adolescence
Adolescence Adolescence

Biological  Developmenta  Development  Transition as

Challenges l changes and of body shape the young
the onset of  Physical person
puberty as changes from consolidates
indicated by puberty his identity
growth spurt and comes to
grips with his
future.
 Early Middle Late Adolescence
Adolescence Adolescence

Psychologica  Concrete thinking,  The concrete  Complex abstract

but early moral thinking, but thinking;
l Challenges concepts early moral identification of
difference between
 Development of concepts; law and morality
sexual identity progression of  Feeling
 Possible of sexual sexual identity himself/herself a
preferences; peer development completer and more
interest  The awakening of separate person
 Development of
heterosexuality personal identity

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 Early Middle Late Adolescence
Adolescence Adolescence

Social  Start of strong  The first tentative

interest and approach
 Form and maintain truly
intimate relationships
Challenges peer towards the opposite with others whose
identification sex usually takes beliefs, ideals, and
place. motives he can see and
 His group  The awakening of respect as clearly as he
activities are heterosexuality that does his own.
 Development of
primarily with often disrupts
vocational capability
previous peer
members of his groupings and
and financial
independence’
own sex. intimate friendships

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 Early Middle Late Adolescence
Adolescence Adolescence

Behavioral  His behavior may  This is the stage  He is more

temporarily show a
when adolescent
Challenges disorganized, erratic
quality along with a rebellion starts
able to be
decreased willingness to
accommodate the
 Period of selective and
expectations of his irritability, wide discriminating
parents and others mood swings, and in his
 Wide mood swings and
rapidly changing
periodic bouts of feeling
ill-treated and unloved feelings relationships
may dominate his
emotional life.

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Developmental
Tasks of
Adolescence
• Entering adulthood is undeniably a big challenge.
• At this stage of your life, your family, your
school, and your community contribute to prepare
you in this life-changing task.
• You should, in turn, need to be emotionally
prepared since you would need to choose people
whom you think would help you fulfill these tasks
in order for you to reach you goals in life
•Havighurst identified eleven Developmental
Tasks of Normal Adolescence associated with
the adolescent transition.
•However, he believes that adolescence do not
progress through these multiple
developmental tasks separately because
adolescence tasks may vary with early,
middle, and late periods of the transition.
Early Adolescence
Developing self-concept
Self-evaluation of their physical acceptability
Achieving personal independence
Developing acceptable attitudes toward society
Learning to get along with peers
Middle Adolescence
Emergence of new thinking skills
Accepting one's physique
Increase self-direction
Achieving psychological
independence
Middle Adolescence
Achieving mature relations with both sexes
Achieving a masculine or feminine social role
Achieving emotional independence of adults
Establish psychological independence from one’s
parents
Late Adolescence to Early Adult Life
Preparing adult life
Crystallize their vocational goals
Establish sense of personal identity
Psychologically independent from their
parents
Late Adolescence to Early Adult Life
Shift to adulthood is nearly
complete
Preparing for marriage and family
life
Preparing for an economic career