Exam 12: Adolescence: Social, Personality and Relationship Development in a Nutshell

As they grow older, adolescents become less willing to accept _____________ about their recreational activities, clothes, hairstyle and selection of friends.

According to Mahbub ul Haq (2000), in India, Nepal and Pakistan, between 12 and 22 percent of young girls were first married by the age of 12 years, with 54 percent in India, 76 percent in Nepal and 72 percent in Pakistan being married by age 18.

According to Rosenthal (1982), more individuality is tolerated in Greek and Italian families, with greater stress on personal freedom. In Anglo- Australian families, adolescents are subjected to more authoritarian, parent- centred control, with greater expectations that they will fit in or conform to family demands.

Democratic parenting is most likely to lead to which of the following behaviours in adolescents?

Many adolescents interpret parental involvement in the emancipation process as an act of unloving rejection.

Teenagers who spend almost every minute of their spare time in the company of others are found to score lower in adjustment and well- being than peers who make judicious use of solitude.

Boys are typically granted _____________ autonomy earlier, despite their two- year delay behind girls in pubertal biological maturation.

According to Avery and Winokur (1978), there were 20 suicide attempts for every official recorded death by suicide among Western Australian girls.

According to Moffitt (2005), _____________ parenting stands out for its links with major psychological problems, including psychopathic tendencies and elevated risks of serious forms of delinquency such as theft, arson, carrying a weapon and being in trouble with the police.

In relation to youth suicide in Australia, which of the following is true?

According to Jane Kroger (1983), New Zealand teenagers at age 11 had _____________ disputes with their parents than their peers in the United States and were _____________ negative about their families.