ABSTRACT
Adolescence represents a very major change, and one which is gradual, unavoidable and involving physical, social and emotional readjustments in virtually every area of life. There is a further general factor which we must consider at this stage, if we are fully to appreciate the problems of normal adolescence. At first sight the pattern of normal adolescence appears to be both complex and confusing; but, in fact, most of the various adjustments and happenings of adolescence can be described under three separate, but still interrelated, sets of events. But with the onward growth and development of adolescence there comes a questioning of adult authority, and a doubting of adult infallibility. The major problem of adolescence stems from the fact that this is a period of marked physical growth and change. Moreover, these bodily changes are both inevitable and obvious to all concerned.
