Ch. 10 Parenting Adolescents Flashcards
Galinsky (1981) Stages of Development (for Parents of Adolescents)
Stage 5: Parents renegotiate their relationship with their adolescent children to allow for sharing power in decision-making
Which stage has more Parent Trajectories?
Adolescence
Definition: adolescere
“to grow up, come to maturity, ripen”
Definition: adultus
past tense, “grown up”
What is Adolescence? Stanley Hall (1904)
- Puberty - 25
- “storm and stress”
Stanley Hall (1904) descriptors of Adolescents
- conflict with parents
- mood disruptions
- risk behaviors
Adolescents (Blakemore, 2012)
Puberty to “attain a stable, independent role in society”
Puberty Onset?
(Biological) to “attain a stable, independent role in society” (Social)
Physical and Hormonal Changes
Significance of puberty and timing onset
Girls Puberty Development
- Normal Age of Onset: 8-13
○ Adrenarche (6-10)
○ Godadarche (9-10)
○ Thelarche (8-11)
○ Pubarche (12)
○ Menarche (10-16) - Growth Spurt – 11.5 to 16.5
Boys Puberty Development
- Normal Age of Onset: 9-14
○ Adrenarche (6-10)
○ Godadarche (9-10)
○ Pubarche (M = 12)
○ Spermarche (10-14) - Growth Spurt – M = 13.5
Adrenarche (6-10)
Not seen out outwardly, but body is getting ready for changes
Godadarche (9-10)
Changes in reproductive organs
Thelarche (8-11)
Breast development
□ Can effect father and daughter relationship. More distant
Pubarche (12)
Appearance of secondary sex chrematistics
Menarche (10-16)
First menstruation
Spermarche (10-14)?
Research in Menarche
The age of Menarche is decreasing