CFD 3240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Nicotine, Underweight, Bulimia Nervosa
28 Apr 2017
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The quest for a unique identity begins. It is a normal and natural aspect of the adolescents" developmental process to. Challenge established rules and boundaries: parents must make adjustments to allow for. Encouraging adolescents quest to understand who they are. The launching of young adults: most american adolescents leave home between the ages of 18 and 19. Several years earlier than in most other countries: family structure has the strongest effect on the timing of leaving home. Male adolescents living with a single parent are more than five times more likely to leave home early. Female adolescents living with a single parent twice as likely, to leave home early. Adjustment to adolescents leaving home: young adults leaving home contributes to family disequilibrium and. Requires adjustment by both parents and young persons: whether that adjustment is positive or negative, depends on: the timing of and reason for the move. How parents and young adults handle that important transition.
