BIOLOGICAL AND PARENTAL PREDICTORS: IMPACT ON ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR

Abstract

Adolescence is defined as a span of formative biological and social transition, which reflects a sensitive period influencing a number of adolescent behaviors. At this stage the physical appearance changes and hence, he becomes more conscious of the changes. The physical changes include - increase in height and body weight the development of secondary sexual characteristics and the overall body development. Biological changes can be caused due to factors which can be internal to adolescent such as under nutrition and it can be external factors such as stress in the family. (Kaplowitz, 2008). In the same way early puberty may have different changes in adolescent girls and boys. (Y Wang, 2002)