Changes in Adolescents

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 Synopsis
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Introduction
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Adolescent Development
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Endocrine System
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Physical Changes
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Mental and Intellectual changes
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Emotional Changes
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Social Changes
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Moral and Spiritual Changes
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Things to Remember

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Adolescent development

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Endocrine System
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Hypothalamus.
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Pituitary.
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Thyroid.
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Parathyroids.
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Adrenals.
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Pineal body.
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Ovaries.
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Testes.

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 Physical Changes
Primary Characteristics
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Rapid Increase in Height and Weight
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Changes in Circulatory and Respiratory Systems
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Body Composition
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Reproductive organs develop and grow
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Boys experience their first release of seminal fluid
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Girls experience Menarche or the first release of blood
and fluids from the vagina, later called Menstruation

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 Secondary Characteristics
Boys Girls
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Voice becomes deeper ●
Breasts develop
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Adam’s apple becomes bigger ●
The Hips become wider
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The Shoulders become wider than the Shoulders
than the hips
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Hair grows on Face, body and
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Hair grows on the under
pubic area arm and the pubic area
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Skin on the upper arm and
thighs become rough

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 Mental or Intellectual Changes
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Experience rapid mental development.
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Changes in the structure of the brain.
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Development of their intellectual ability makes adolescents less accepting of what
others say.
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Make better decisions because they can evaluate risks and rewards better.
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Tendency to become bored with routine activities; they need to be challenged.
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Already capable of thinking deeply.
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Think less of themselves.
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Control and coordinate their thoughts with their actions.
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Focus their attention on what they want to listen to.
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Improvement in adolescents’ memory and speed in thinking.

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 Emotional Changes
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More responsive to rewards and stress.
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More emotional and this makes them open to being hurt
or in danger.
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Boys are also more active and become more
Aggressive.
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Girls become self-conscious because of the changes
that are happening to them that gives them a feeling of
Insecurity

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 Social Changes
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Very self- conscious. They consider approval of friends and
other adolescents or peers as very important.
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Enjoy being with friends, so they stay longer with them after
school.
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Friends who share the same interest with them.
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Adolescents who grow up with family members showing
love, guidance and support for each other are less likely to
get involved with bad company and engage in fights and
other poor health habits

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 Moral – Spiritual Changes
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Begin analyzing themselves during this stage.
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Analyze their strengths and weaknesses.
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Learn that house rules imposed by their parents are there
to promote order and harmony at home.
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Begin to distinguish between rules that are negotiable and
those that are non-negotiable. Non-negotiable rules, like
smoking, are imposed because they are for their own good.
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Boys and girls realize what they could become in the future

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 Things to Remember
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Changes that happen during puberty are normal to
adolescents.
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You have to know and understand these changes so that
they will not surprise nor scare you.
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They are a normal part of your growth and development
as a person.
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Learn how to cope with them in appropriate ways.

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