PUBERTY: A PERIOD OF

RAPID PHYSICAL
CHANGES
 PUBERTY

According to Santrock (2016), Puberty is not the same

as adolescence because puberty ends prior to the end of
adolescence period.

He further explain that puberty is a brain

neuroendocrine process. This process occurring primarily
in early adolescence that trigger rapid physical changes
that occur in the adolescent stage of human development.

These rapid changes includes secondary sexual

changes and primary sexual changes.
 BODY IMAGE
It is defined as the way one sees himself/ herself or the
way he/she imagines how he/she looks. How they see
themselves can either be positive and negative.

Adolescents with poor body images have negative

thoughts and feelings about their appearance which can
either be true or not. A healthy body image is made up of
positive thoughts, feelings and acceptance of one’s body
and overall physical appearance.