Adolescence, Puberty, And Propensity For Sexual Activeness: Implication For Supportive Counselling Intervention
| dc.creator | Evbuoma, I. K. | |
| dc.date | 2013 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-28T18:16:49Z | |
| dc.description | Adolescence as an season of life interesting to observe or experience, is characterized by and synonymous to puberty; beginning at the end ofchildhood, and spanning the entire teenage years. At puberty, adolescence maturation indices falsely projects adolescents as jit!ly maturated, ready to participate in rights accorded adults, including sexual rights. On the contrary, adolescence is better viewed as a growth period ofthe human sexual 01gans, and human sexuality, among othe1 s; in preparation toward adulthood, rather than a developmental stage in lifespan when teenagers' body should be cheaply sexually explored and exploited, be./(Jre fit!! sexual rights are accorded its victim. Ironically, the average adolescent already-saddled-with-conflicts, seeking to cope with the psychological irnpact of the changes at that developmental period is vulnerable to premature initiation into unwholesome sexual activities, and sexual activeness, resulting into additional cnmplexities. Resulting complexities tend to become perpetual distractions to life goal pursuits, among other effects. The implication ofthis is adolescents' need ofsupportive counselling, and counselling intervention by counselling professionals | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/6885/ | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://repository.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/handle/123456789/36173 | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | DKG Expressions Publishers Toronto, Ontario, Canada | |
| dc.subject | BF Psychology | |
| dc.title | Adolescence, Puberty, And Propensity For Sexual Activeness: Implication For Supportive Counselling Intervention | |
| dc.type | Article |
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