This document discusses theories of adolescence as a period of "storm and stress" and the postponement of adulthood. It analyzes data from the second Flemish Youth Monitor to examine these issues. The analyses indicate that while adolescence involves a more realistic self-view, this can cause stress for some youth with weaker family/school ties, shown by lower self-esteem and negative future outlooks. However, adolescent delinquency seems to stem more from an outgoing lifestyle than these stresses. Most youth find balance again by age 22, questioning the idea that "storm and stress" is prolonged. Characteristics of youth's relationships with their environment are key in determining if adolescence involves heightened instability.
This document provides an overview of adolescence, including:
1) Adolescence involves significant physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes as individuals transition from childhood to adulthood. These changes include puberty and sexual maturation.
2) Views of adolescence have changed from seeing it as a period of "storm and stress" to a more balanced perspective recognizing both challenges and successful adaptation. Risk behaviors peak during adolescence due to biological and social factors.
3) In addition to sexual maturation, adolescents experience rapid physical growth, cognitive advances, and brain development during this period of transition to adulthood. The timing of these changes can impact social and emotional development.
The document discusses physical, cognitive, and social development through adolescence and adulthood. It covers the major stages of development from adolescence through late adulthood. During adolescence, individuals experience major physical changes through puberty and growth spurts. Cognitively, adolescents develop formal operational thinking and the ability to think abstractly. Socially, peers become important and gender roles are more clearly defined. Development continues throughout the life stages of early, middle, and late adulthood with changes in physical, cognitive, and social/emotional functioning.
The document discusses development through adolescence and adulthood. It covers physical, cognitive, and social development at each life stage from adolescence through late adulthood. During adolescence, individuals experience puberty and physical maturation. Cognitively, they develop formal operational thought and the ability to think abstractly. Socially, peers become increasingly important and gender roles are strongly influenced. Development continues into early, middle, and late adulthood with changes in physical and cognitive abilities as well as social roles.
This document discusses development through adolescence and adulthood. It covers physical, cognitive, and social development at each stage. In adolescence, it describes the physical changes of puberty like growth spurts and secondary sex characteristics. Cognitively, adolescents reach formal operations allowing abstract thought. Socially, peers become important and gender roles narrow. Development continues into early, middle, and late adulthood with changes in each domain.
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Running head: IMPACTS OF CHILD ABUSE ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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IMPACTS OF CHILD ABUSE ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
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Impacts of Child Abuse on Growth and Development
Tasha Smith
Ashford University
LIB495: Capstone - Advanced Research Project
05/18/2017
Introduction
In the United States, child abuse is one of the aspects that require a compelling attention from the government, the non-governmental organizations, society, and even individuals. Reports exhibit that nearly six million young people are abused annually. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified the aspect to be one of the serious problems that the United States is facing, and for this reason, a compelling remedy is required. It is perceived that there is a probability that a child who undergoes physical and psychological abuse is prone to abuse his or her children when he or she becomes an adult (Starr & Wolfe, 1991). According to the United States Bureau of Health and Human Services, it is essential for parents and guardians to ensure that children are not abused in the society.
Statement of the Problem
The impacts of child abuse from early stages through adulthood have been examined for many years. Child abuse is a very regular practice in the United States with more than six million kids influenced each year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). It is thought to be a serious issue, particularly as the cycle of abuse proceeds since approximately 30% of abusing and disregarded kids will later abuse their own kids (U.S. Bureau of Health and Human Services [HSS], 2013). The effects of abuse on the child using Erikson's hypothesis of psychosocial improvement, the resulting impacts of the abuse on developing grown-ups, and treatment systems, which have turned out to be of help when working with customers who have experienced childhood abuse. It has got several effects on the development and the growth of children later in life (Kelley, Bravo, Braitman, Lawless, & Lawrence, 2016). It is due to this situation that this study will seek to find the impacts of Child Abuse on Growth and Development.
Objective of the study:
To determine the Impacts of Child Abuse on Growth and Development
Research Questions.
1) How do child abuses influence growth and development of a child?
2) To what extent do child abuses affect the growth and development of a child?
3) Do child abuse influence or determine a person’s behavior at adulthood?
4) Is there a likelihood of a child who has been abused to become abusive at adulthood?
5) How do the abused children get along with other children?
Literature review
Erikson depicts one of the main stages prompting adulthood as personality versus part disarray (Lewis, McElroy, Harlaar, & Runyan, 2016). This stage is regularly experienced amid the high school years; in this stage, teenagers encounter an” identity emergency", which is portrayed as an endeavor to characterize who you may be (e.g., vocation, religion, ...
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This paper reviewed the articles about adolescence, its relation to spiritual intelligence and the related theories. The adolescence period is the best time to develop positive emotions and training skills, because adolescents are seeking to find their identity and their future personality at this period. Spiritual intelligence has a significant influence on the quality of life and it goes without saying that adolescence is a sensitive period which requires specific training to make a brighter future and be exposed to the difficulties. Spirituality can be viewed as a form of intelligence because it predicts functioning and adaptation and offers capabilities that enable people to solve
problems and attain goals. Conceiving spirituality as a sort of intelligence extends the psychologist’s conception of spirituality and allows its association with the rational cognitive processes like goal achievement and problem solving. Emotional intelligence allows us to judge in which situation we are involved and then to behave appropriately within it. Spiritual intelligence allows us to ask if we want to be in this particular situation in the
first place.
This document discusses childhood adversity and its effects. It defines adversity as a lack of positive circumstances that can be caused by physical, mental, or social losses. Common types of adversity include abuse, neglect, poverty, parental mental illness, and family violence. Experiencing multiple adversities increases negative outcomes and mental health issues. However, protective factors like strong relationships can promote resilience.
This document provides an overview of adolescence, including:
1) Adolescence involves significant physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes as individuals transition from childhood to adulthood. These changes include puberty and sexual maturation.
2) Views of adolescence have changed from seeing it as a period of "storm and stress" to a more balanced perspective recognizing both challenges and successful adaptation. Risk behaviors peak during adolescence due to biological and social factors.
3) In addition to sexual maturation, adolescents experience rapid physical growth, cognitive advances, and brain development during this period of transition to adulthood. The timing of these changes can impact social and emotional development.
The document discusses physical, cognitive, and social development through adolescence and adulthood. It covers the major stages of development from adolescence through late adulthood. During adolescence, individuals experience major physical changes through puberty and growth spurts. Cognitively, adolescents develop formal operational thinking and the ability to think abstractly. Socially, peers become important and gender roles are more clearly defined. Development continues throughout the life stages of early, middle, and late adulthood with changes in physical, cognitive, and social/emotional functioning.
The document discusses development through adolescence and adulthood. It covers physical, cognitive, and social development at each life stage from adolescence through late adulthood. During adolescence, individuals experience puberty and physical maturation. Cognitively, they develop formal operational thought and the ability to think abstractly. Socially, peers become increasingly important and gender roles are strongly influenced. Development continues into early, middle, and late adulthood with changes in physical and cognitive abilities as well as social roles.
This document discusses development through adolescence and adulthood. It covers physical, cognitive, and social development at each stage. In adolescence, it describes the physical changes of puberty like growth spurts and secondary sex characteristics. Cognitively, adolescents reach formal operations allowing abstract thought. Socially, peers become important and gender roles narrow. Development continues into early, middle, and late adulthood with changes in each domain.
Running head IMPACTS OF CHILD ABUSE ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.docxcowinhelen
Running head: IMPACTS OF CHILD ABUSE ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
1
IMPACTS OF CHILD ABUSE ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
11
Impacts of Child Abuse on Growth and Development
Tasha Smith
Ashford University
LIB495: Capstone - Advanced Research Project
05/18/2017
Introduction
In the United States, child abuse is one of the aspects that require a compelling attention from the government, the non-governmental organizations, society, and even individuals. Reports exhibit that nearly six million young people are abused annually. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has identified the aspect to be one of the serious problems that the United States is facing, and for this reason, a compelling remedy is required. It is perceived that there is a probability that a child who undergoes physical and psychological abuse is prone to abuse his or her children when he or she becomes an adult (Starr & Wolfe, 1991). According to the United States Bureau of Health and Human Services, it is essential for parents and guardians to ensure that children are not abused in the society.
Statement of the Problem
The impacts of child abuse from early stages through adulthood have been examined for many years. Child abuse is a very regular practice in the United States with more than six million kids influenced each year (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2014). It is thought to be a serious issue, particularly as the cycle of abuse proceeds since approximately 30% of abusing and disregarded kids will later abuse their own kids (U.S. Bureau of Health and Human Services [HSS], 2013). The effects of abuse on the child using Erikson's hypothesis of psychosocial improvement, the resulting impacts of the abuse on developing grown-ups, and treatment systems, which have turned out to be of help when working with customers who have experienced childhood abuse. It has got several effects on the development and the growth of children later in life (Kelley, Bravo, Braitman, Lawless, & Lawrence, 2016). It is due to this situation that this study will seek to find the impacts of Child Abuse on Growth and Development.
Objective of the study:
To determine the Impacts of Child Abuse on Growth and Development
Research Questions.
1) How do child abuses influence growth and development of a child?
2) To what extent do child abuses affect the growth and development of a child?
3) Do child abuse influence or determine a person’s behavior at adulthood?
4) Is there a likelihood of a child who has been abused to become abusive at adulthood?
5) How do the abused children get along with other children?
Literature review
Erikson depicts one of the main stages prompting adulthood as personality versus part disarray (Lewis, McElroy, Harlaar, & Runyan, 2016). This stage is regularly experienced amid the high school years; in this stage, teenagers encounter an” identity emergency", which is portrayed as an endeavor to characterize who you may be (e.g., vocation, religion, ...
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This paper reviewed the articles about adolescence, its relation to spiritual intelligence and the related theories. The adolescence period is the best time to develop positive emotions and training skills, because adolescents are seeking to find their identity and their future personality at this period. Spiritual intelligence has a significant influence on the quality of life and it goes without saying that adolescence is a sensitive period which requires specific training to make a brighter future and be exposed to the difficulties. Spirituality can be viewed as a form of intelligence because it predicts functioning and adaptation and offers capabilities that enable people to solve
problems and attain goals. Conceiving spirituality as a sort of intelligence extends the psychologist’s conception of spirituality and allows its association with the rational cognitive processes like goal achievement and problem solving. Emotional intelligence allows us to judge in which situation we are involved and then to behave appropriately within it. Spiritual intelligence allows us to ask if we want to be in this particular situation in the
first place.
This document discusses childhood adversity and its effects. It defines adversity as a lack of positive circumstances that can be caused by physical, mental, or social losses. Common types of adversity include abuse, neglect, poverty, parental mental illness, and family violence. Experiencing multiple adversities increases negative outcomes and mental health issues. However, protective factors like strong relationships can promote resilience.
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1) The study examined how preference for solitude is associated with adjustment difficulties in early adolescence (8th grade) compared to late adolescence (12th grade).
2) They found that preference for solitude was more strongly associated with greater anxiety, depression, emotion dysregulation and lower self-esteem in 8th grade compared to 12th grade.
3) While preference for solitude was linked to lower social competence in both grades, this association was significantly stronger in 8th grade.
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LEVELS OF DEPRESSION AND SELF-ESTEEM IN STUDENTSindexPub
Introduction: among the most worrying problems in recent years are low self-esteem, family and friends problems, anxiety, stress, and depression, which are taking on alarming proportions in students and young people in general. Purpose: the study is a prediction, which focuses on analyzing and evaluating students' self-esteem and level of depression. Methodology: the population is 332 students (13-15 years old) in high schools in the Gjakova region. The study describes the analysis, classification, and evaluation of the collected data by doing the analysis and real examination of the findings. Results: in terms of gender there is no significant difference in self-esteem, while in depression there is a significant difference. The level of depression is higher in women (11.9) than in men (9.5). Economic status shows that students with employed fathers have lower depression (6.77) compared to those with unemployed fathers (10.80). Conclusions: The level of depression and self-esteem and parental reflection affect students. A link has been found between economic status and emotional problems and student behavior. To prevent it, the psychological service in schools should function, and together with families and the community should be as close as possible to the problems of students.
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This chapter discusses cognitive and language development in children. It explores what development is, the processes and periods of development, key developmental issues around nature vs nurture and continuity vs discontinuity, and how child development relates to education. Development involves biological, cognitive, and socioemotional processes, and can be described in periods like infancy, early childhood, and adolescence. Understanding child development helps teachers provide appropriately leveled instruction for students.
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The document discusses various factors that can contribute to mental illness, including biological, cultural, and psychological factors. It divides life into stages from infancy to old age and discusses potential causes of abnormal behavior and challenges of adjustment at each stage. These include things like the quality of parenting and relationships in infancy and childhood, stresses of adolescence, crises of early adulthood, adjustments of middle age, and challenges of physical and social changes in old age. The document emphasizes that mental illness usually stems from multiple interacting factors rather than a single cause.
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The question was:
Attachment, temperament, Erikson's stages, trait theory, the Big Five - the chapter covered a lot of theories about how personality develops throughout the lifespan. These include developmental stages as well as factors, both inherited and environmental, that contribute to how we interact with the world. Considering the information in the chapter, which ideas support the notion of a stable personality? Which give more emphasis to environmental factors (e.g., caregiving) and life events? How do you use this information to make sense of the nature of personality development?
Your answer was: (or mine)
Several arguments have been made trying to discuss the stability of an individual’s personal traits throughout his/her lifetime. Although the notion of stability lies on the definition of individual personality which focuses on the day to day habitual pattern of behaviors, way of thinking and the reactions of certain occurrences, stability does not concentrate on the unchanging instances. The behaviors of the adults tend to be more stable as compared to that of kids since the young generation are encountering several issues in the environ that in one way or the other changes their personality. Time interval, sex, ethnicity, education, and secular trends are some of the ideas that work in support of the notion of a stable personality.
Most personality attributes change in predictable ways through the lifespan. The big five personality traits are directly associated with individuals’ environmental values. Traits that are correlated with a positive outcome such as conscientiousness increases with age. Personality traits are attributes that are becoming more stable with age. This stability is well affected by the surrounding environment. Active person-environment transactions occur where individuals interact with different environments and experiences that are consistent with the characteristics of their personality. Individuals gain more autonomy to select their own environment as the transition from their childhood to adulthood.
The nature of personality development is continuously changing throughout the individual lifetime. For instance, considering the sex difference of people, boys are mostly tough-minded individuals and always work towards winning, whereas girls are quite and major their focus on the personal appearance that is why girls have a sense of art in their lifetime. therefore, implies that the differences among individuals play an important role in the development of personality. As one grows, they get used .
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Developmental Analysis Paper
Personal Introduction of Childhood-Adolescent
Feud Sigmund’s psychosexual theory provides a critical theoretical framework for understanding and appreciating the critical changes throughout the life of an individual. The stages include infancy, childhood, adolescence, early and middle adulthood as we as the older age. During the childhood-adolescent stages of development, parents and primary caretakers, as well as the surroundings, play significant roles in the event of a child. For example, the parents provide emotional and material support as the child grow. They also impact some necessary but essential life skills that allow the child to transition to the next stage. Conversely, the adolescent stage is characterized by the growing sense of identity as one interacts with the peers. Therefore, the purpose of this analysis paper is to discuss my development stages, childhood and adolescence, in the perspectives of different theorists as discussed below;
Theoretical Perspectives of Development
Other than Feud’s psychosexual theory, other leading theorists include Piaget, Bowlby, and Fowler. The scholars give different perspectives on the childhood and adolescent stages of development as outlined below;
Stages of Development According to Freud
According to Feud, childhood development includes the development of pleasure which is primarily on the anus, and the joy of the child comes from defecation. During this time, toilet training becomes the essential skills for children. The authorities, the parents, need to gently with the child to prevent the formation of maladaptive behaviors such as obsession with cleanliness. On the other hand, in adolescence, the primary focus on building sexual relationships with the opposite sexes (Templeton & Eccles, 2006). The adolescents derive pleasure from having heterosexual intercourse. Sexual experimentation tends to have profound impacts on the adolescents, especially when authority fails to check on some behaviors from the onset.
Personal life experiences and correlation with the Feud’s theory reveals some exciting revelations. For instance, during my childhood, my mother emphasized toiletry training leading to my current obsession with cleanliness and hygiene in general. Conversely, I also experienced increased intensity for a sexual drive during the adolescence stage marked by the formation of heterosexual relationships. The relationships went through different tides, separation and forming new ones. During this stage, I received parental guidance on the need for chastity and abstinence to mitigate possible adverse effects of overindulging in intercourse (Templeton & Eccles, 200 ...
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Attachment, temperament, Erikson's stages, trait theory, the Big Five - the chapter covered a lot of theories about how personality develops throughout the lifespan. These include developmental stages as well as factors, both inherited and environmental, that contribute to how we interact with the world. Considering the information in the chapter, which ideas support the notion of a stable personality? Which give more emphasis to environmental factors (e.g., caregiving) and life events? How do you use this information to make sense of the nature of personality development?
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Several arguments have been made trying to discuss the stability of an individual’s personal traits throughout his/her lifetime. Although the notion of stability lies on the definition of individual personality which focuses on the day to day habitual pattern of behaviors, way of thinking and the reactions of certain occurrences, stability does not concentrate on the unchanging instances. The behaviors of the adults tend to be more stable as compared to that of kids since the young generation are encountering several issues in the environ that in one way or the other changes their personality. Time interval, sex, ethnicity, education, and secular trends are some of the ideas that work in support of the notion of a stable personality.
Most personality attributes change in predictable ways through the lifespan. The big five personality traits are directly associated with individuals’ environmental values. Traits that are correlated with a positive outcome such as conscientiousness increases with age. Personality traits are attributes that are becoming more stable with age. This stability is well affected by the surrounding environment. Active person-environment transactions occur where individuals interact with different environments and experiences that are consistent with the characteristics of their personality. Individuals gain more autonomy to select their own environment as the transition from their childhood to adulthood.
The nature of personality development is continuously changing throughout the individual lifetime. For instance, considering the sex difference of people, boys are mostly tough-minded individuals and always work towards winning, whereas girls are quite and major their focus on the personal appearance that is why girls have a sense of art in their lifetime. therefore, implies that the differences among individuals play an important role in the development of personality. As one grows, they get used .
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Personal Introduction of Childhood-Adolescent
Feud Sigmund’s psychosexual theory provides a critical theoretical framework for understanding and appreciating the critical changes throughout the life of an individual. The stages include infancy, childhood, adolescence, early and middle adulthood as we as the older age. During the childhood-adolescent stages of development, parents and primary caretakers, as well as the surroundings, play significant roles in the event of a child. For example, the parents provide emotional and material support as the child grow. They also impact some necessary but essential life skills that allow the child to transition to the next stage. Conversely, the adolescent stage is characterized by the growing sense of identity as one interacts with the peers. Therefore, the purpose of this analysis paper is to discuss my development stages, childhood and adolescence, in the perspectives of different theorists as discussed below;
Theoretical Perspectives of Development
Other than Feud’s psychosexual theory, other leading theorists include Piaget, Bowlby, and Fowler. The scholars give different perspectives on the childhood and adolescent stages of development as outlined below;
Stages of Development According to Freud
According to Feud, childhood development includes the development of pleasure which is primarily on the anus, and the joy of the child comes from defecation. During this time, toilet training becomes the essential skills for children. The authorities, the parents, need to gently with the child to prevent the formation of maladaptive behaviors such as obsession with cleanliness. On the other hand, in adolescence, the primary focus on building sexual relationships with the opposite sexes (Templeton & Eccles, 2006). The adolescents derive pleasure from having heterosexual intercourse. Sexual experimentation tends to have profound impacts on the adolescents, especially when authority fails to check on some behaviors from the onset.
Personal life experiences and correlation with the Feud’s theory reveals some exciting revelations. For instance, during my childhood, my mother emphasized toiletry training leading to my current obsession with cleanliness and hygiene in general. Conversely, I also experienced increased intensity for a sexual drive during the adolescence stage marked by the formation of heterosexual relationships. The relationships went through different tides, separation and forming new ones. During this stage, I received parental guidance on the need for chastity and abstinence to mitigate possible adverse effects of overindulging in intercourse (Templeton & Eccles, 200 ...
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Adolescent Times Of Storm And Stress Revised
1. Adolescent tim es of storm and stress revised
Hanne Op de Beeck
Leuven Institute of Criminology (LINC)
Hanne.Opdebeeck@law.kuleuven.be
ABSTRACT
This paper focuses on two issues regarding theories of adolescence. The first one,
which has been a topic of discussion for a long time, concerns whether adolescence
should be regarded as either an uncomplicated or a turbulent period. In the latter
case, it is aspired in this paper to find out which factors account for such turbulence.
The second issue, which arose more recently, concerns the continually longer
postponement of the transition to adulthood. These topics are empirically addressed
using the data of the second Flemish Youth Monitor. Analyses indicate that the loss
of childhood innocence causes adolescents to have a more realistic evaluation of live,
self and relationships. For adolescents whose ties with parents and their school
environment are less tight, this can cause heightened stress in terms of lowered self-
esteem and negative future prospects. These stresses, however, cannot account for
the rise in delinquent activity during this developmental stage, for the analyses
indicate that adolescent delinquency rather results from a more outgoing lifestyle.
Finally, the idea of a prolongation of ‘storm and stress’ cannot be supported by the
data, since it is found that most youth find their balance back around age 22.
1 . STORM AND STRESS?
The idea of adolescence being a period of ‘storm and stress’ – a perspective which
was introduced by Hall (1904) and supported by the psychoanalytic tradition (Freud,
1958) and Erikson’s (1968) definition of adolescence as a time of identity crisis –
was popular for most of the 20th
century. In this view, adolescence is characterized
as an inevitably turbulent process; accompanied by negative moods, a problematic
relationship with parents and risky behavior, including delinquency (Deković & Buist,
2004; Gecas & Seff, 1990; Goossens, 2006a) . Since the 1980s, however, improved
empirical data caused this view to stagger. Even though the notion that adolescents
would have a despondent temper is ( cautiously) supported – adolescents experience
slightly more negative emotionality than children (overview in Goossens, 2006b) – it
was also determined that for most adolescents, the relationship with parents does
not become troubled (Boer, 2004; Deković & Buist, 2004; Gecas & Seff, 1990).
Despite these findings, the increase of internalizing and externalizing problem
behaviors in this developmental stage indicates that the idea of adolescence as a
tumultuous and on occasion miserable period, cannot just be discarded (Alsaker &
Dick-Niederhauser, 2006; Burssens, 2007; Hooge, Decaluwé & Goossens, 2000;
2. Junger- Tas, Steketee & Moll, 2008; Moffitt, 1993; Slot, 2004) . Reasons for this
discomfort were introduced by different scientific disciplines. I t is more specifically
the interaction between biological-emotional, cognitive and social indicators that is
most referred to in this case.
Biological- emotional developm ent
From a biological perspective, the despondent moods adolescents endure can be
clarified by the bodily changes they go through. Even though the direct effects of
changes in behavior-activating hormones (such as testosterone) are often referred to
as the number one explanation in this context, debate about their actual impact still
exists. After all, empirical data portray that the link between these changes and
mood is too weak to provide a full explanation (Doreleijers & Jansen, 2004;
Steinberg, 2002; Walsh, 2000) . Another observation that could add to this
incomplete explanation consists of the late maturation of the prefrontal cortex (PFC),
the brain part that is responsible for the regulation of emotions, planning, reasoning
and self- control. Furthermore, drastic changes in the neurotransmitters dopamine
and serotonin – responsible for emotional stimuli in the limbic system of the brain –
occur during adolescence. These cause the individual to simultaneously experience a
heightened sensitivity for stress and a lowered susceptibility for rewards. I t is thus
the conflicting combination of a PFC that is not yet completely developed and
hormonal changes that causes adolescents to experience more adversity and
difficulties in their relationships. For some of them, these will be enacted through
internalizing or externalizing problem behavior (Doreleijers & Jansen, 2004; Spear,
2000; Steinberg, 2002; Walsh, 2000) .
Cognitive developm ent
Cognitive abilities, such as memory or problem solving skills, undergo a vast
evolution during adolescence. Adolescents acquire the ability of abstract and
hypothetical thinking. They can picture situations that did not ( yet) occur – for
instance, their time perspective broadens which makes them able to contemplate
their own future – and they are able to discuss conceptual constructs (Steinberg,
2002) . They also obtain the capacity to combine and generalize different factors in
search for an explanation of the matters they are confronted with, in this way
exercising logic-deductive reasoning (Lehalle, 2006) .
Furthermore, adolescents become more aware of events in their surroundings, but
are not yet able to put them in the right context (Lewin, 1939) . They are most
occupied with themselves (Elkind, 1967; Olthof, 2004) , therefore they process new
impressions exclusively from their individual perspective. Elkind (1967: 1029)
referred to this phenomenon as “adolescent egocentrism”. According to him, this
3. egocentrism results from the fact that adolescents develop the ability to consider the
ideas and conditions of others, but at the same time still lack the capacity to
distinguish between what they think and what others think. Adolescent egocentrism
intensifies emotional reactions to stimuli from the environment, which may trouble
the relationship with others that mean well. For a much announced plight in
adolescence exists of ‘nobody understands what I am going through’.
Social conditions
Adolescents grow out of their childhood years and aspire the status of an adult
person. Expectations of significant others amplify these aspirations; adolescents are
encouraged to act mature, ‘childish behavior’ is frowned upon. A strong desire for
independence is thus created (Greenberg, 1977; Lewin, 1939; Moffitt, 1993). This
desire however sharply contrasts with the restrictions that adolescents experience in
reality, such as a lack of money or a lack of authority. In daily life, most decisions
are still taken by others (in most cases by parents). Hence, the individual does not
obtain full access to an adult position, but lingers between child and adult status.
Moffitt (1993: 687) denominates this as a “maturity gap”, a gap between biological
age and social position.
The desire for independency also drives adolescents to rely more on their peers,
developing a strong want for peer popularity (Greenberg, 1977; Hay & Ashman,
2003; Wilkinson, 2004) . Yet obtaining peer popularity can be a competitive matter,
dependant on subtle social advantages or skills such as athletic competence,
intelligence, attractive looks, etc. (Agnew, 1997). For adolescents who do not
possess ( one of) these trait(s), gaining popularity can be difficult.
The fact that the adolescent is not yet granted adult status, but already surpassed
childhood, may accordingly contribute to a negative temper and troubled
relationships with adults, most importantly with parents. Uncertainty about the group
one belongs to can cause the individual to feel pushed into a marginal position and
result in oversensitivity (Lewin, 1939). I n reaction, adolescents will look for
emotional support amongst peers who are in a similar position. However, for some of
them acceptance by peers is difficult to obtain. Therefore peer- relations can also be a
source of stress in adolescence.
Current posit ion: storm and stress?
The above mentioned theoretical perspectives providing a logical explanation for
adolescence being a time of ‘storm and stress’, in combination with the mixed
empirical evidence for this idea, caused a necessity for a new approach. This
approach regards the average adolescent as a quite well-adapted individual with little
psychological perils. Still, this current position also takes into account that
4. adolescence can be an ordeal for some juveniles, dependent on the relations
between the individual and his/ her surroundings. The more the adolescent feels in
harmony with his/ her environment, the more agreeable transition to adulthood will
occur ( Goossens, 2006a) . Therefore, the idea of a turbulent adolescence cannot be
considered a universal phenomenon (Conger & Galambos, 1997). I n this paper, it
will be examined in the Flemish youth population for whom the adolescence might be
a time of heightened instability, based on characteristics that apply to the connection
between the individual and his/ her environment.
2 . POSTPONEMENT OF THE TRANSI TI ON TO ADULTHOOD
Traditionally, adolescence has been demarcated as a relatively short transitional
period, approximately starting at age 10 and ending at age 22. Within this time, the
individual is supposed to successfully finish all developmental tasks that characterize
the passage from child to adult. As well, adult status has been clearly defined by
traditional markers, such as marriage, starting one’s own family, etc.
I n the current industrialized Western society, these limits are more complex. First of
all, transition to adulthood is not just defined by traditional markers anymore. Fairly
individualistic boundaries such as reaching (financial) independency and autonomy
have become more prominent. ‘Being an adult’ is now more generally characterized
as being able to take responsibility in mapping out one’s own life path (Goossens,
2006c; Roggemans, forthcoming) . On top of that, the time that precedes adulthood
has continually been prolonged by social-cultural trends. Within Europe, this is
especially the case in the northern regions (Lützelberger, 2009) . Young people study
longer, leave the parental home later, put off getting children, etc. Therefore, the
new upper limit for the transitional phase preceding adulthood has been moved to
somewhere between age 25 to 30 (Goossens, 2006c; Terjerina, 2009; Van Nuffel,
2004) . Explanations that have been offered to clarify this trend are located in the
economic ( e.g. a more competitive job market, higher housing prices, etc.) and in
the cultural ( e.g. more leniency regarding the institute of marriage) domain
(Lützelberger, 2009; Murinkó, 2009).
Goossens (2006c) issues the question whether the postponement of adulthood is a
positive case. On the bright side, the time between age 18 and 25-30 is
characterized by a vast freedom, which allows the individual to generously
experiment with different tastes and lifestyles. The drawback, however, may be a
widening of the earlier mentioned ‘maturity gap’, going hand in hand with the
prolongation of ‘typical’ adolescent frustrations. Therefore, in this paper, it will be
examined in the Flemish youth population whether the distress that some individuals
may experience during adolescence is stretched out over young adulthood (age 22 to
30).
5. 3 . RESEARCH HYPOTHESES
1. For a small group of Flemish youth, adolescence can be considered an experience
of ‘storm and stress’, characterized by a troubled relation with parents, an increase
of negative moods and a heightened delinquent activity. This tendency will be
reflected in general Flemish youth statistics.
2. Postponement of adulthood will push the upper limit of this experience back from
age 21 to somewhere between age 25 and age 30.
3. Characteristics regarding the relationship between the individual and his/ her
environment will be most crucial in determining whether adolescence will be
experienced as a time of ‘storm and stress’.
4 . METHODOLOGY
Dat a
I n 2003, the Flemish government decided to establish an interdisciplinary Youth
Research Platform, or as it is originally called, a ‘Jeugdonderzoeksplatform’ (JOP).
The assignment of this JOP is threefold: (1) upkeeping an inventory of recently
finished research about Flemish youth, (2) periodically gathering empirical data
about the conditions, convictions and conduct of Flemish youth and (3) work towards
international validation of the information obtained through (1) and (2) . Up until
now, the second assignment has been accomplished by two large scale mail
questionnaires, named JOP-monitor 1 ( finished in 2006) and JOP- monitor 2 (finished
in 2009). To address the research questions of this paper, the most recent database
(JOP-monitor 2) will be used. This database represents the complete population of
Flemish youth between age 12 and 30. Sample selection was based on the official
Flemish population statistics, the fieldwork proceeded in compliance with the total
design method ( Billiet & Waege, 2006) . In this way, 3708 completed questionnaires
were eventually gathered. 460 respondents are 12 or 13 years old, 901 respondents
are between 14 and 17 years old, 788 are between 18 and 21 years old, 689 are
between 22 and 25 years old and 870 are between 26 and 30 years old. 1644
respondents are male, 2064 are female. Data collection was initiated in August 2008
and finished in February 2009.1
Measures2
1
More detailed information about sample characterist ics and data collection can be consulted in the
technical report, available on www.jeugdonderzoeksplatform .be.
2
A concise overview of used variables will be presented here. More detailed information can be found in
the technical report of this project, available on www.jeugdonderzoeksplatform .be
6. Dependent variables
Conflict with parents
The database does not contain information about direct stress or conflict in the
relationship with parents. Instead, two scales measuring how the respondent
perceives the relationship with his/ her father and mother are utilized. The scales
specifically gauge to what extent the respondent finds his/ her mother and father to
be responsive to his/ her emotional needs. It is assumed that, if the relationship with
parents is of a difficult nature, the respondent will be more likely to give his/ her
parents lower scores on these scales. The scale ‘relation with father’ (Cronbach α of
.953, an explained variance of 75.45% ) is based on the items ‘my father helps me
when I am having problems’, ‘when I am sad or worried about something, my father
will understand’, ‘when things are not going well for me, my father manages to
comfort me’, ‘when I talk about my problems with my father, he really helps me’,
‘my father knows exactly when I experience problems with something’, ‘when I am
sad or when I have a chip on my shoulder, my father will notice’, ‘I can talk well with
my father about everything’ and ‘my father knows very well what I want or how I
feel’. The scale ‘relation with mother’ (Cronbach α of .946, an explained variance of
72.87% ) is based on the same items, with focus on the mother.
Despondent moods
The general experience of despondent moods is measured through the four following
constructs: self- esteem, future prospects, general life satisfaction and satisfaction
with physical characteristics. The self-esteem scale (Cronbach α of .821, explained
variance of 65.88% ) is based on the items ‘all in all, I find myself a failure’, ‘I think I
am OK’, ‘I think I have a couple of good qualities’ and ‘I think I can be proud of who
I am’. ‘General life satisfaction’ (Cronbach α of .738, explained variance of 39.99%)
is based on the following six items ‘how satisfied are you with: your life in general,
your living standard, your home, the time you have for yourself and your personal
interests your family and your social contacts with friends and family’. ‘Satisfaction
with physical aspects’ (Cronbach α of .756, explained variance of 13.12%) is based
on five items being ‘how satisfied are you with: your physical condition, your weight,
your looks and your health’. ‘Future prospects’ (Cronbach α of .818, explained
variance of 57.96% ), finally, is based on the items ‘the future looks hopeless to me’,
‘I am sure that a wonderful future is awaiting me’, ‘it feels like I have no goal in life’
and ‘my expectations towards the future are gloomy’.
Delinquency
Most of the delinquent behaviors questioned in JOP-monitor 2 are offences that are
usually not considered too severe, such as fare dodging, vandalism, theft and playing
7. truant. Besides those, a couple more serious crimes were questioned, such as
possession of a weapon (in public places) , selling drugs (with profit) and violence
(beating someone so badly that this person was injured). The respondents were
asked how often they committed these offences and could choose between the
response categories never, one time, two times, three times and more than three
times. For the analyses, the different offences were joined together in a delinquency
scale that was standardized. Based on the average score on this scale, the dummy
variable ‘delinquency’ was created, which has the categories ‘more delinquent
behavior than average’ (1) and ‘less delinquent behavior than average’ (0).
Independent variables
The boundaries of the developmental stage in which the respondents find
themselves, are based on biological age and on the social transitions the respondents
went through.
Biological age.
Even though the idea of postponement of the transition to adulthood has caused the
appearance of certain new, theoretically distinctive developmental categories such as
‘emerging adulthood’ and ‘young adulthood’ (e.g. Arnett, 2000), in this paper a more
rudimentary categorization of three developmental stages, being ‘pre-adolescence’,
‘adolescence’ and ‘( young) adulthood’ will be utilized. The age scale is divided into
five categories that normatively represent these stages. Respondents age 12 and 13
are considered ‘pre-adolescents’, age 14 to 17 and age 18 to 21 ‘adolescents’, age
22 to 25 and age 26 to 30 (young) adults. Although it might seem more reasonable
to divide the respondents in three age groups matching the three developmental
stages under study, it was decided to subdivide the adolescents and young adults to
be more sensitive to age alterations.
Social age.
This variable estimates whether a respondent can be considered an ‘adult’ based on
the social transitions this person has passed. Traditional as well as more
contemporary markers of adulthood are considered, to separate youth who did not
complete any transitions yet from youth who completed at least one transition and
youth who completed more than two transitions. The transitions that are taken into
account are owning a house or an apartment (independent from parents), marriage,
being financially independent, leaving the parental house and living together with
partner.
Background variables
8. Besides two general demographic variables (gender and schooltrack), different
variables concerning the reciprocal relation between the individual and his/ her
environment are included in the analyses with regards to the third hypothesis:
Gender: dichotomous, male [ Ref. female] .
Schooltrack: dichotomous, general track [ Ref. technical track] and vocational track
[ Ref. technical track] .
Neighborhood: dichotomous, respondents living in an urban neighborhood [ Ref.
respondents not living in an urban environment] .
Wellbeing at school: scale. Based on nine items, has two dimensions (‘contact with
teachers’ and ‘general well-being at school’), a Cronbach α of .793 and an explained
variance of 49.91% . The higher respondents score on this scale, the better they feel
at school.
Relationship: dichotomous, respondents in a stable relationship [ Ref. single
respondents and respondents in an erratic relationship] .
Financial space: scale. Based on one item, measured through six response
categories, going from 1 ( ‘my family has many difficulties getting by with the
available income) to 6 ( ‘it is very easy for my family to get by with the available
income’).
Social involvement: dichotomous, respondents whose social involvement is lower
than average [ Ref. respondents whose social involvement is higher than average] .
This variable is based on 11 items regarding littering, recycling, financial support
towards a good goal, participation in alternative forms of politics ( such as
participation in a demonstration) , etc.
Ethnocentrism: scale. Based on 11 items, has two dimensions, a Cronbach α of .905
and an explained variance of 60.81% . The higher respondents score on this scale,
the more racist their attitude is.
Victimisation: dichotomous, respondents who were more often than average victim
of a crime in the last year [ Ref. respondents who were less often than average
victimized in the last year] . This variable includes damage of property, theft of
property, being threatened with a weapon and being beaten up so severely that
injury occurred.
Outgoing in free time: scale. Based on five items, has one dimension, a Cronbach α
of .754 and an explained variance of 18.77% . The higher respondents score on this
scale, the more often they go out in their free time (to pubs, parties, festivals,
hangouts with friends, etc.)
Divorced parents: dichotomous, respondents whose parents are divorced [ Ref.
respondents whose parents are still together] .
Analysis
All the scale variables were standardized before being used in the analyses. Analyses
are executed through the software Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
9. version 16.0. The continuous dependent variables relation father, relation mother,
self-esteem, general life satisfaction, satisfaction with physical aspects and future
prospects are analyzed through linear regression. The dichotomous variable
delinquency is analyzed through binary logistic regression. In the latter case, the
presented R² is the Nagelkerke R² .
5 . RESULTS
‘Storm & st ress?’ & Post ponem ent of adulthood
By biological age
Table 1 and figure 1 portray that pre-adolescents (age 12 and 13) score most
positive on all measured concepts. They report a better relationship with mother
(β=.340, p<.001) and father (β=.275, p<.001), a higher self- esteem (β=.345,
p< .001), better expectations towards the future (β=.157, p<.05) and more
satisfaction with life in general (β=.396, p<.001) as well as with their physical
aspects (β=.239, p<.001). On top of that, their involvement in delinquency is low
(β= -.982, p< .001).
Furthermore, table 1 exhibits that adolescence might not be such a miserable time
after all. It looks like the most important issues that youth between age 14 and 17
face, concern their identity and their future prospects. Their self-esteem drops in
comparison with the other age groups, and they show less confidence towards the
future than the pre-adolescents. On top of that, their involvement in delinquent
behavior rises vigorously. They do however report a closer relationship with mother
and father than the older age groups, as well as a higher satisfaction with their life in
general and with their physical aspects. Similar tendencies are noticeable amongst
the youth between age 18 and 21.
Table 1 . Age differences in the relation with parents, m ood and delinquent behavior.
Β
12-13 14-17 18-21 22-25 26-30
Responsiveness m other .3 4 0 * * * Ref. cat. -.1 4 0 * * -.1 8 0 * * -.2 1 3 * * *
Responsiveness father .2 7 5 * * * Ref. cat. -.2 2 1 * * * -.2 2 4 * * * -.2 1 2 * * *
Self-esteem .3 4 5 * * * Ref. cat. .056 (n.s.) .1 2 8 * .1 4 1 * *
General life satisfaction .3 9 6 * * * Ref. cat. -.2 4 6 * * * -.4 0 8 * * * -.4 8 3 * * *
Satisfaction physical aspects .2 3 9 * * * Ref. cat. -.2 4 0 * * * -.3 1 5 * * * -.3 1 9 * * *
Future prospects .1 5 7 * Ref. cat. .003 (n.s.) .056 (n.s.) .052 (n.s.)
Committed at least one delict in
the last year [ Ref. com mitted
no delict s in the last year]
-.9 8 2 * * * Ref. cat. .071 (n.s.) -.5 0 1 * * * -1 .3 0 2 * * *
* * * p< .001; * * p< .01; * p< .01; n.s.= not significant
The two oldest age groups (age 22 to 25 and age 26 to 30) display an equivalent,
stable pattern. Their lower scores on the scales measuring the quality of the
relationship with mother (respectively β=-.180, p<.01; β=-.213, p< .001) and father
10. (respectively β=-.224, p<.001; β=- .212, p< .001) are most likely resulting from their
growing independence.3
This independence and its matching decline of youthful
carelessness negatively impact their satisfaction with life in general (respectively β=-
.408, p<.001; β=- .483, p< .001) . On top of that, they issue feeling less fit and
attractive than the younger respondents, reporting a lower satisfaction with their
physical aspects (respectively β=-.315, p<.001; β=- .319, p< .001). Yet these
dissatisfactions do not affect their self-esteem, which stabilized around their twenties
(respectively β=.128, p<.05; β=.141, p<.01). As well, they resolutely refrain from
delinquent activities (respectively β=- .501, p<.001; β=-1.302, p< .001) .
Figure 1 demonstrates that - even though the two oldest age groups report the
lowest scores on general life satisfaction, satisfaction with physical aspects and
parental relations - the most robust changes on these scales take place between age
12 and 21. After age 21, scores more or less seem to stabilize. I t might be this
sudden downfall, which spurs the general idea of adolescence as a time of ‘storm and
stress’.
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
12 13 14 17 18 21 22 25 26 30
Relation mother
Relation father
Self-esteem
Satisfaction general
Satisfaction physical
Future prospects
Figure 1 . Average scores on relat ion with mother, relation with father, self-esteem, general life
satisfaction, satisfaction with physical aspect s and sat isfaction with future prospects per age group.
By social age
The results of the analysis based on social transitions, displayed in table 2, show a
pattern similar to that of the age analysis. Youth who completed at least one
3
As was ment ioned before, a scale direct ly m easuring the amount of conflict with parents was lacking in
the database. A scale that measures how responsive mother and father are to the em ot ional needs of the
youth was utilized instead. Hence, the lower scores of the older age groups on these scales might just be
related to the fact that they are less tended to turn to their parents for their em otional needs.
11. transition report a more negative relation with mother ( β= - .190, p< .01) and father
(β= -.213, p< .001), as well as a stronger dissatisfaction with life in general (β= - .410,
p< .001) and with one’s physical aspects ( β= - .184, p< .01) than youth who did not
pass any transition yet. Nevertheless, they also display higher self- esteem ( β= .107,
p< .05) and less delinquent behavior ( β= - .247, p< .01).
Table 2 . Differences according to social transitions in the relation with parents, m oods and delinquent
behavior.4
β
At least one transition
[ Ref. no transitions]
More than two transitions
com pleted [ Ref. one or two
transitions]
Relation mother -.1 9 0 * * .094 (n.s.)
Relation father -.2 1 3 * * * .1 3 2 *
Self-esteem .1 0 7 * .030 (n.s.)
General life satisfaction -.4 1 0 * * * .067 (n.s.)
Satisfaction physical aspects -1 8 4 * * -.058 (n.s.)
Future prospects .029 .1 3 7 *
Committed at least one delict in the last year
[ Ref. committed no delicts in the last year]
-.2 4 7 * -.7 3 5 * * *
* * * p< .001; * * p< .01; * p< .01; n.s.= not significant
Between youth who completed one or two transitions and youth who passed more
than two transitions, fewer discrepancies occur. The only significant differences
concern delinquent behavior, future prospects and relation with father. Youth who
passed more than two transitions report even less delinquent activity (β= - .735,
p< .001) and more confidence in the future (β= .137, p< .05) than youth who only
passed one or two transitions. This latter finding corresponds with the idea that
negative future prospects are partly caused by feelings of insecurity. Youth who are
still facing important life decisions therefore will be less optimistic than youth who
already settled most of those. Interestingly, youth who passed more than two
transitions also report a stronger relationship with father ( β= .132, p< .05). This
might indicate that youth who are just starting to organize their independent life
possibly temporarily devaluate the relationship with their parents, because of the
focus on new freedom. Perhaps it is the entrance into complete adulthood that allows
for a re-appreciation of the relationship with father.5
Generally, it can be concluded that adolescence does not seem to be such a
distinctively miserable time after all. Adolescents mainly suffer from feelings of
insecurity, not only regarding their personal self but also towards their future. They
are, however, still able to connect with their parents positively and they cognitively
estimate their life as being genuinely good. These last findings suggest that the
4
This analysis is based on data of respondents between age 14 and 30, because the 12- and 13- year old
respondents were not questioned about life transitions.
5
In this case, it was also considered that having children of your own, something that is most ly planned
after the individual already passed several t ransitions, m ight cause a revival of the relationship with
parents. Since the transition ‘having children’ was also included in the JOP-m onitor, the effect of it on the
relationship with parents could be tested as well. However, no significant impact of this t ransition could be
identified.
12. higher level of delinquent activity in this age group cannot not be understood as the
rebellious reaction towards damaged relationships with parents or a lowered well-
being.
As well, data do not signify a prolongation of these negative experiences. Even
though the youth between 18 and 21 still experience a significantly lower self-
esteem and display higher delinquent activity, figure 1 portrays that their scores on
the different scales start to resemble those of the older age groups. The youth aged
22 to 25 show a pattern that is almost completely similar to that of the youth aged
26 to 30. These findings indicate that, even though transition to adulthood might be
postponed, this tendency is not accompanied by a prolongation of experiences of
‘storm and stress’.
W ho is m ore prone to a tum ult uous adolescence?
The former analysis revealed that ‘storm and stress’ in adolescence can be reduced
to a lower self-esteem, a higher delinquent activity and, to a lesser extent, a
reduction in confidence towards the future. It is however possible that these
statistics are dominated by a small group of people being more prone to a tough
adolescence. To discover who belongs to the latter, a wide variety of variables
considering the reciprocal connection between the youth and his environment, as
well as the general attitude of the youth, are added to the analyses. Furthermore,
since it was shown that adolescents do not have a worse relationship with their
parents than older respondents, the relationship-variables will be added as
independent variables too.
By biological age
Table 3 displays that, when background variables are added to the analysis, age
differences become insignificant. The quality of relationships between the respondent
and his/ her environment is much more crucial. Self- esteem and future prospects, for
instance, are strongly affected by the relation with mother (respectively β=.222,
p< .001; β=.28, p<.001), father (respectively β=.165, p<.001; β=.207, p<.001) and
the school environment (respectively β=.175, p<.001; β=.166, p<.001). As well,
being in a stable relationship significantly elevates confidence in the future (β=.195,
p<.05), having parents that exercise too strong of a supervision lowers it (β=- .120,
p< .05).
Having financial space too adds to a positive self-esteem (β=.124, p<.01) and future
prospects (β=.177, p< .001). As well, a negative self- esteem and lower expectations
for the future go hand in hand with an ethnocentric attitude (respectively β=- .096,
p<.05; β=-.094, p< .05) . Self-esteem is higher for males (β=.279, p<.01), people
13. who go out more often in their free time (β=.120, p<.001), and who are less
concerned with social issues (β=.171, p<.05).
Finally, table 3 demonstrates that a positive relationship constraints youth from
committing delinquency (β=-.414, p<.01). Having divorced parents (β=.584,
p< .01), often having been victim of a crime (β=1.327, p<.001) and going out more
often (β=.622, p<.001) add to a higher delinquent activity.
Table 3 . Background differences ( including biological age) in self-esteem, future prospect s and delinquent
behavior.
Β
Self-esteem Future
prospects
Delinquency
Male [ Ref. female] .2 7 9 * * .124 (n.s.) -.074 (n.s.)
Age 14-21 [ Ref. age 22-30] .032 (n.s.) .351 (n.s.) .768 (n.s.)
General track [ Ref. technical track] .088 (n.s.) .009 (n.s.) -.381 (n.s.)
Vocational track [ Ref. technical track] .037 (n.s.) -.012 (n.s.) -.200 (n.s.)
Relation father .1 6 5 * * * .2 0 7 * * * -114 (n.s.)
Relation mother .2 2 2 * * * .2 4 8 * * * -.4 1 4 * *
Supervision parent s -.054 (n.s.) -.1 2 0 * .162 (n.s.)
Parents divorced [ Ref. parents still together] -.009 (n.s.) .015 (n.s.) .5 8 4 * *
Well-being at school .1 7 5 * * * .1 6 6 * * * -.167 (n.s.)
Being in a stable relationship (ref. being single or in an
erratic relationship]
.053 (n.s.) .1 9 5 * .445 (n.s.)
Urban living environment [ Ref. no urban living environment] -.093 (n.s.) -.058 (n.s.) .157 (n.s.)
Financial space .1 2 4 * * .1 7 7 * * * .079 (n.s.)
Social involvement below average [ Ref. social involvement
above average]
.1 7 1 * .107 (n.s.) -.069 (n.s.)
Victimisation above average [ Ref. vict imisation below
average]
-.110 (n.s.) -.157* 1 .3 2 7 * * *
Ethnocentrism -.0 9 6 * -.0 9 4 * -.171 (n.s.)
Outgoing in free time .1 2 0 * * * .076 (n.s.) .6 2 2 * * *
R² .202 .261 .295
* * * p< .001; * * p< .01; * p< .01; n.s.= not significant
To identify which factors were most crucial in rendering the age variable
insignificant, the analysis was repeated by implementing the significant variables
step by step (strongest effect first). This procedure revealed that gender, the relation
with mother and well-being at school are the most crucial factors constituting
positive self-esteem in adolescence. For future prospects, it is the combination of the
relation with mother, the relation with father and being in a stable relationship that
renders the age variable insignificant. As for delinquent behavior, all added effects
are required to even the age differences.
I n this case, several explanations for adolescent delinquency are possible. Delinquent
behavior could be caused by the adolescent lifestyle leaving more possibilities to
commit crime. Adolescents who go out more often will find themselves more often in
less controlled places. This does not only make them more prone to delinquency but
also more vulnerable regarding victimization. I n this line of thought, it is also
possible that youth with divorced parents experience less parental control, perhaps
leaving more possibilities for outgoing activities, including delinquency. The sooth of
these explanations can be checked by adding interaction effects (product terms) to
14. the analysis. Table 4 shows a significant interaction effect between being victimized
and being more outgoing in the explanation of delinquency (β=-.212, p< .05) . More
specifically, an outgoing pattern has a stronger effect on the delinquent behavior of
youth who were less often victimized in the last year.
Table 4 . The effect of an outgoing lifestyle and victimization on delinquency.
Delinquency
Relation mother -.1 8 0 * * *
Parents divorced [ Ref. parents still together] .4 1 4 * * *
Victimisation above average [ Ref. vict imisation below average] .8 4 6 * * *
Outgoing in free time .6 3 9 * * *
Victimisation above average * outgoing in free time -.2 1 2 *
R² .166
* * * p< .001; * * p< .01; * p< .01; n.s.= not significant
An interaction effect between having divorced parents and an outgoing lifestyle was
not significant. As well, the hypothesis that adolescents whose parents are divorced
experience less monitoring by their parents was tested, without any significant
results. This signifies that adolescent delinquency can be the result of a more
outgoing lifestyle, but it might also be considered a way of acting out against
possible side effects of the divorce.
By social age
Remarkably, table 4 displays that the impact of the transition variable on self-esteem
stays significant (β=.580, p<.01), even in competition with the other background
variables. This finding indicates that, no matter how strong one’s connections with
his/ her environment are, self-esteem can still drop in adolescence. In that case,
lower self- esteem does not so much result from biological- emotional issues, but
rather from the inability to be independent yet.
Table 5 . Background differences (including social age) in self-esteem and delinquent behavior.6
Β
Self-esteem Delinquency
Male [ Ref. female] .2 9 1 * * * -.058 (n.s.)
One or m ore transitions completed [ Ref. more transitions completed] .5 8 0 * * .620 (n.s.)
General track [ Ref. technical track] .124 (n.s.) -.152 (n.s.)
Vocational track [ Ref. technical track] .027 (n.s.) -.370 (n.s.)
Relation father .1 7 2 * * * -.107 (n.s.)
Relation mother .2 2 9 * * * -.4 0 2 * *
Supervision parent s -.037 (n.s.) .176 (n.s.)
Parents divorced [ Ref. parents still together] -.004 (n.s.) .5 4 3 *
Well-being at school .1 6 5 * * * -.173 (n.s.)
Being in a stable relationship (ref. being single or in an errat ic
relationship]
.044 (n.s.) .435 (n.s.)
Urban living environment [ Ref. no urban living environment] -.111 (n.s.) .108 (n.s.)
Financial space .1 3 7 * * .089 (n.s.)
Social involvement below average [ Ref. social involvement above
average]
.160 (n.s.) -.100 (n.s.)
6
Here ‘future prospects’ are not analyzed anymore, since table 2 shows that in this case youth who
passed at least one transition do not significantly differ from youth who did not pass any t ransit ions yet.
15. Victimisation above average [ Ref. vict imisation below average] -.140 (n.s.) 1 .3 1 5 * * *
Ethnocentrism -.0 9 2 * -.174 (n.s.)
Outgoing in free time .1 1 2 .6 2 7 * * *
R² .216 .296
* * * p< .001; * * p< .01; * p< .01; n.s.= not significant
As for the rest of the variables, table 4 demonstrates that the social age analysis
does not render much difference in comparison with the biological age results
displayed in table 3.
6 . DI SCUSSI ON
The idea of adolescence being a time of ‘storm and stress’, although very popular in
most of the 20th
century, recently has become more controversial. I ncreasingly more
research contradicted this perception, indicating that for most individuals
adolescence passes rather peacefully. The analyses in this paper partly agree with
this last hypothesis. Based on biological as well as social age, it was found that
adolescents not only report a more positive relationship with their parents than
(young) adults, they also more strongly evaluate their life and their physical aspects
as being genuinely good. On the other hand, it was found that the average scores on
these measures undertake the most powerful decline between age 12 and 21, which
suggests a loss of childhood innocence that is reflected in a more realistic evaluation
of life, self and relationships. On top of that, it was demonstrated that ‘storm and
stress’ in adolescence is most prominently reflected in a lower self-esteem and a
higher delinquent activity. As well, favorable future prospects that were held during
childhood suddenly become less idealistic. This last finding not only corresponds with
earlier mentioned assumptions about a loss of childhood naivety, it also agrees with
theoretical insights about cognitive development in adolescence. As adolescents
become more proficient in abstract thinking, they are better able to estimate what
their future will bring. This broadened perspective causes them to think more
realistically about future possibilities, causing a rift in comparison with their
childhood.
Variables regarding the relationship with the youth and his/ her environment as well
as the general attitude of the youth, however, caused these age differences to
disappear. I t is the youth whose connections with parents and the school
environment are less tight, who is more prone to lowered self- esteem and negative
future prospects in adolescence. Displaying a racist attitude and growing up in a less
(materialistically) privileged family also generally adds to this. Remarkably, the
analysis based on social age revealed that the transition variable remained
significant in the explanation of self- esteem, even after adding relationship variables.
I t thus appears that the critical social position of adolescents has a decisive impact
on the self-esteem of most of them, no matter how strong their connections with
significant others. This would mean that Moffitt ( 1993, 1997) was most accurate in
16. defining adolescent discomfort as the result of the ‘maturity gap’ that they are
confronted with.
Explanations for the rise of delinquent activity in adolescence appear to be slightly
different. Adolescents who go out more often (not only to pubs, parties etc. but also
just hanging out with friends), who have divorced parents and who were more often
victimized, display a higher delinquent activity. A strong relationship with mother, on
the contrary, has a preventive effect. These findings on the one hand suggest the
possibility that adolescent delinquency is a way of acting out against conceivable side
effects of their parent’s divorce. On the other hand, they show that adolescent
delinquent behavior results from a more outgoing lifestyle, not only providing the
individual with more possibilities to offend, but also putting him/ her at risk for
victimization. This latter idea corresponds with the observation that respondents
between age 18 and 21 report a slightly higher delinquency rate than the
respondents between age 14 and 17 (see figure 1), even though this difference was
not significant (see table 1). After all, it is this age group that reports to go out most
often (cfr. Boonaert & Vettenburg, forthcoming).
Finally, it was investigated whether the contemporary tendency to postpone the
transition to adulthood would cause adolescent tense to be prolonged. The analysis
showed that, at least for Flemish youth, this is not the case. When it comes down to
well-being, parental relationships and delinquency, adolescence sticks to the classical
age limits of 21 to 22.
7 . CONCLUSI ON
The analyses of this paper are based on the theoretical assumption that youth who
feel less connected to their significant others, will be more prone to a difficult
adolescence. Although it was found that the relation with mother, father and the
school environment are indeed crucial, the cross-sectional design of this research
does not allow making statements about causality in this matter. Are the youth who
have a worse relationship with their parents and do not feel good at school more
prone to lowered self-esteem and negative future prospects in adolescence? Or do
the relations of a small group of youngsters worsen in adolescence, causing the
above mentioned troubles? These issues emphasize that transition into adulthood
should ideally be studied through the use of longitudinal data. Accordingly, the cross-
sectional data of JOP- monitor 2 only provide an artificial picture of the different
developmental stages, even though the broad age range of this database – allowing
comparison between different age groups – partly covers this disadvantage. As well,
due to the fact that the analyses of this paper are based on secondary data, ‘second
best instruments’ had to be utilized to measure some of the concepts. For the same
reason, the quality of friendships could not be added to the analyses, even though
relationships with peers are known to play a vast role in adolescent life.
17. These limitations aside, it was indicated that the drastic changes adolescents go
through do cause a certain amount of stress, especially to those who do not have
strong connections with significant others. Most of them, however, find their balance
back around the age of 22. No signs that the experience of ‘storm and stress’ is
prolonged could be identified. As well, it was found that different mechanisms are in
play regarding this concept of adolescent ‘storm and stress’. Whereas the quality of
relationships is most crucial in the explanation of adolescent self-esteem and future
prospects, delinquent behavior is most prevalent among adolescents whose lifestyle
leaves more opportunities for this kind of behavior. The application of distinguished
frameworks in approaching adolescent trends in parental relationships, general well-
being and delinquency in adolescence is therefore a necessity.
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