II. General
- Healthy development requirements
- Prolonged supportive environment
- Graded steps toward autonomy
- Other factors assisting in healthy development
- Positive engagement between adolescents and adults
- School and community programs
III. Physiology: Early Adolescence
- Developmental findings
- Preoccupation with body changes
- High levels of Physical Activity and mood swings
- Concrete thinking
- Physician approach
- Parental approach
- Offers a high level of supervision
IV. Physiology: Mid-Adolescence
- Developmental findings
- Independence
- Peer Group dominates social life
- Experimentation
- Risk behaviors more prevalent
- Sexual matters receive most interest
- Physician approach
- Endorse good behaviors and discourage bad behaviors
- Parental approach
- Allows experimentation but within limits and with coaching
V. Physiology: Late-Adolescence
- Developmental findings
- Independently seeks health advice
- Understands consequences of actions
- Appear to be adults
- Future orientation
- Mutual caring
- Internal control
- Uncertainties
- Sexuality
- Future relationships
- Work possibilities
- Physician approach
- Encourages independent health care access
- Protects confidentiality
- Approaches patient as an adult
- Parental approach
- Allows for independent health care visits
- Available and supportive
VI. References
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| Definition (MSH) | The continuous sequential physiological and psychological changes during ADOLESCENCE, approximately between the age of 13 and 18. |
| Definition (PSY) | Process of physical, cognitive, personality, and psychosocial growth occurring from age 13 through 17. Use a more specific term if possible. |
| Definition (NOC) | Milestones of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial progression from 12 years through 17 years of age |
| Concepts | Finding (T033) |
| MSH | D041923 |
| SnomedCT | 404962000 |
| English | Child Development: Adolescence, development adolescent, adolescent development, Adolescent Development, Development, Adolescent, Child development: adolescence, Adolescent development (observable entity), Adolescent development |
| Swedish | Ungdomars utveckling |
| Finnish | Nuoren kehitys |
| Russian | PODROSTKA RAZVITIE POSLEDOVATEL'NOE, PODROSTKOVAIA PSIKHO-FIZIOLOGIIA, STADII RAZVITIIA, ПОДРОСТКА РАЗВИТИЕ ПОСЛЕДОВАТЕЛЬНОЕ, ПОДРОСТКОВАЯ ПСИХО-ФИЗИОЛОГИЯ, СТАДИИ РАЗВИТИЯ |
| Croatian | ADOLESCENTI, RAZVOJ |
| Polish | Rozwój młodzieży |
| Norwegian | Tenåringsutvikling, Utvikling i ungdommen, Pubertetsutvikling |
| Czech | mladiství - vývoj, vývoj mladistvých |
| Spanish | desarrollo del adolescente (entidad observable), desarrollo del adolescente, Desarrollo del Adolescente |
| French | Développement de l'adolescent |
| German | Entwicklung Jugendlicher |
| Italian | Sviluppo adolescenziale |
| Dutch | Adolescentie, ontwikkeling, Ontwikkeling tijdens adolescentie |
| Portuguese | Desenvolvimento do Adolescente |
