Teenage Concerns

• Is a part of a person’s identity.

  • Sexuality
• This is any sexual activity between partners before they are legally married.

  • Premarital Sex
• This is sexual attraction to opposite sex

  • Heterosexuality
• This is sexual attraction to the same sex.

  • Homosexuality
• Causes of Premarital Sex:

  • Peer pressure

  • Sexual harassment

  • Rebellion

  • Poverty
• This is pregnancy before the age of 20.

  • Teenage Pregnancy
• This is a termination of pregnancy by the fetus or embryo before birth.

  • Abortion
• This is an unlawful sexual intercourse or sexual activity carried out by force or under threat of injury against a person’s will.

  • Rape
• When an adolescent did not explore any other option but already commited to a role that is imposed by either the family or community.

  • Identity Forclosure
• When an adolescent has explored and studied all the options available and has arrived a conclusion that he/she is ready to commit to it.

  • Identity Achievement
• When adolescent is not exploring or experimenting with any option and is not commited to anything.

  • Identity Diffusion
• When an adolescent is actively exploring and experimenting with his/her options but has not yet made any commitment.

  • Identity Moratorium
• Who created the four quadrants of identity crisis?

  • James Marcias