Adolescent Identity Development and the Hero’s Quest
Convergence of Ego and Self explores the importance adolescent identity development has on healthy psychological development and Self Realization.
Adolescence emerges from an array of bio-psychosocial factors. While puberty occurs during adolescence, social factors also place increased pressure on children to become more oriented to adult capacities. It is common for adolescents to question the lessons they were taught during early childhood life; cognitively, independent thought comes online in conjunction with the physiological maturation…