Abstract
Conclusion:
Observed age and gender differences in emotional needs, concerns, disagreements with parents and self concepts were discussed from developmental and cultural perspectives.
Results:
Results indicated that the most anxiety elicited issues were physical growth and school success and the most frequently reported emotional needs or expectations were attention and tolerance from adults. Conflicts with parents about school success, behaviors towards parents, dressing and hair style and dating were reported most frequently.
Method:
As a part of a larger study on the effect of an informative puberty program on early adolescents' pubertal knowledge and self esteems, 170 teenagers from 6th to 8th grades were also asked to report their most important five emotional needs, concerns and conflict areas with their parents and also to describe themselves in their own words.
Objective:
This descriptive study was aimed to determine emotional needs, concerns and parent- adolescent conflicts in pubertal boys and girls and changes in their self descriptions.
Keywords: Puberty, emotional well-being, socio-cognitive development, adolescent
