CHALLENGES
AND ISSUES
AMONG
ADOLESCENTS
By: Collin S. Razon, LPT
Agenda:
Physical Appearance
Identity Development
Gender Identity
Social Cognition
Impulsivity and Risk – taking
Sexual Behaviors
Antisocial and Delinquency Behaviors
LET’S PLAY!
HAVE YOU OR HAVE YOU NOT?
1. PHYSICAL
APPEARANCE
PHYSICAL APPEARANCE
• refers to the external appearance of an individual and,
although humans look more like each other than they do
members of other species, considerable variation exists.
• Every human being has a unique set of genes.
2. Identity
Development
We should also monitor ourselves for behaviors.
Identity Development Questions:
Who are you?
What do you want to be?
How are you going to reach your goals?
What is the best and worst of you?
What are your weaknesses and strengths?
What is your greatest fear?
Remember:
It was said that if we were
to force an apple to be
skillful in becoming an
orange, we cannot expect it
to succeed. If you are
symbolically an apple, be
the best apple you can be.
THIS IS YOUR LIFE SO LIVE IT
THE BEST WAY YOU CAN!
GENDER IDENTITY
As it goes as well in identity development, it helps an
adolescent more to be true to himself or herself.
DO NOT depend on other people’s demands and
expectations.
Being situationally and environmentally dependent for
attitude, behavior, and self-concept too much is not a
worthwhile investment.
3. SOCIAL
COGNITION
PERSONAL FABLE & IMAGINARY AUDIENCE
IMAGINARY AUDIENCE
• Have you ever thought
of an idea that a group
of followers exists to
continuously watch
and judge your every
move, verbalization,
and public or personal
behavior.
PERSONAL • Is an adolescent belief that
he or she is highly special
FABLE and unlike anyone else who
has ever walked the Earth,
in other words, the
adolescent thinks that
because others could be so
obviously amazed by him or
her.
4. IMPULSIVITY AND RISK
TAKING OR THRILL –
SEEKING BEHAVIORS
IMPULSIVITY
• the tendency to act without thinking.
• Impulsivity isn't the same thing as rudeness or
lack of self-discipline.
THRILL – SEEKING
• eager to take part in exciting activities that involve physical
risk.
• It mostly happen more during these times of youth.
• Most people with this kind of behavior their ultimate goal is to
be “cool.”
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
• Reproductive characteristics starts getting emphasized during
puberty. These are brought about by our endocrine system in
our body that is responsible for hormones.
• This is where pre-marital sex begun to feel way into the
hormones.
Remember:
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
are also rampant in these
modern times.
Know why sex should be
responsible.
GIVE A SOLID SENSE OF
SELF, what can we
expect for him or her to
pass onto the child?
5. ANTISOCIAL AND
DELIQUENCY
BEHAVIORS
ANTISOCIAL
• Are usually known to be delinquent and guiltless.
• They are also manipulators, getting what they want
at the cost of another.
• It means that a person wants to inflict harm to other
people, through physical or psychological means.
DELIQUENCY
• implies conduct that does not conform to
the legal or moral standards of society; it
usually applies only to acts that, if
performed by an adult, would be termed
criminal.
