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Rollon, Tse, Valdez

Changes in Adolescence
Health concerns & Coping skills
What is Adolescence?
It's a period that follows the onset of puberty that happens when a
child turns into an adult, Puberty, a period where adolescents
reach sexual maturity & become capable of reproduction,
here are the changes that
happen.
Physical ⇒Primary Sex Characteristics
Changes
-are changes related to sexual reproduction,some
examples are boys experiencing their first release
of seminal fluid from the male genital & the girls
experience their first release of blood + fluids
These are the characteristics from the female genital
during puberty.
⇒Secondary Sex Characteristics
-are the changes that aren't related to sexual
reproduction, an example that includes all
genders are height and weight
Here are examples of the sex characteristics from
boys & girls.
 Example: Answer Time!
Identify if the characteristic is
found in boys or girls and answer
if it is primary or secondary

ANSWER: Girls, Primary Now you try!

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ANSWER: • Boys, Secondary

ANSWER: Boys, Secondary

ANSWER: • Girls, Secondary
 The Types of Changes
Mental Changes
Their mental abilities become sharper and
more efficient, some changes include:
• They become more curious
and inquisitive.
• They make better
decisions than children.
Social Changes
• They enjoy being with
friends, so they stay longer
with them after school.
• They enjoy choosing clothes
to wear.
Emotional Changes
• Girls usually get scared because of the
changes that are happening to them,This
gives them a feeling of insecurity.
• maturing boys are usually stronger, so
they are more confident but it doesn't
mean they're any less insecure
Moral-spiritual Changes
• They understand themselves better and
learn to accept and like themselves,
including their weaknesses.
• They learn that house rules imposed
by their parents are there to promote
order
 Health concerns during Adolescence
Problems related to sexual changes Postural problems
• Adolescent boys experience • Some teenagers may begin to
“wet dreams” or nocturnal slouch because they are not
emission used to their new height
• Adolescent girls experience • Some girls who develop their
breast earlier may also feel
the onset of menstruation.
conscious and tend to slouch.
 Body Odor Dental problems
• Sweat glands become • Dental plaque hardens
more active that may to “tartar” if not
cause unpleasant body removed.
odor. • Brush and floss your
• Take a bath or shower teeth every after
daily. meals
 Lack of sleep
• The pituitary gland releases more
hormones, like growth hormones, when
one is asleep.
• Teenagers need nine to ten hours sleep
each night to feel well and rested
 Other health concerns are the following :
Problems with relationships
• Teenagers often change friends as
they develop new interests, as a
result, they break up with old
friends.
• Develop a social and communication
skills to have a healthy
relationship with your family,
friends, classmates and other
important people in your lives.
Concerns Related to Mental Changes
• Adolescents are expected to
more complex problems than
children.
• It may be caused by heredity,
head injury or chemical
imbalance, stress from
feelings of not being
accepted.
Concerns Related Emotional Changes
• Mood swings/intense emotions,These
hormones can cause emotions to be very
intense and swing rapidly.
• get involved in worthwhile physical and
social activities, such as sports,
dancing and arts and crafts.
 Coping Skills
Coping are strategies to
deal with hard mental
problems & helps you deal
with emotional problems
like being sad, difficult
and stressful situations/
experiences in your lives.
Here are some of the common
ones
1. Support - Seeking 2. Positive Problem -
Strategies : involves Solving Strategies :
efforts to contact or focuses on instrumental
reach out to others manipulation, including
for comfort or reflection and application
advice. of instrumental responses.
3. Avoidance Strategies 4. Positive -
(These are acceptable reframing Strategies
for a short-term) define : take the 'stress'
as the purposeful out of stressors,
attempt at withdrawal or trying to relax
destruction.
If you find yourself
having a mental
attack but your
coping skills are not
helping, here's a
method you can try
to ground yourself
back:
 Self Talk
is a way to help you change your
thoughts. Here are some self talk
statements that you can use as coping
skill.
A. when you are preparing
for a stressful situation
B. when you are facing
the challenge/problem

C. when you are coping with fear

D. self-congratulations
E. affirmation
Did you remember anything? Let's see!

Ans : Boys, Secondary

Ans : Girls, Secondary

Ans : Girls, Secondary
Ans : Boys, Secondary
Ans : Girls, Primary
1. These are changes common to 2. What change occurs when an
boys during adolescence except: adolescent have erratic emotions and
A. Voice becomes B. Shoulder behaviors?
deeper becomes wider A. Physical change B. Mental change
C. Hips become D. Hair grows on C. Emotional D. Social change
wider than the face change
shoulder
3. These are reasons why
teen-agers slouch EXCEPT:
A. Height‘s getting C. Breast getting
taller bigger
B. Studying on D. Taking a bath
their desk
1. What does Support mean?
2. What is Positive Problem?
3. What are Avoidance Strategies?
4. What does Positive mean?
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