Identity Vs Identity Confusion

Good Afternoon ladies and gentlemen, The chief task of adolescence is to confront the crisis of identity versus identity confusion so as to become a unique adult with a coherent sense of self and a valued role in society. Identity according to Erikson, resolve three major issues, the choice of an occupation, the adoption of values to live by and the development of a satisfying sexual identity. Adolescents who resolve the identity crisis satisfactorily develop the virtue of fidelity that is, sustained loyalty, faith or a sense of belonging to a loved one or friends. A failure to form a coherent sense of self can greatly delay reaching psychosocial adulthood.

The adolescent period would be classified as the age between 12 and 18 years old. Parenting

It has been presented that the way of communication between parents and their adolescent child can influence their interactions and affect adolescent psychosocial health. Impacts include the ability for adolescents to communicate with others and how they do this, and the ability to treat others with respect. It has been established that authoritative parental practices that reflect warmth, cohesion, affection and support towards youth have been linked with a variety of positive outcomes. These positive outcomes include the ability of the adolescent to have trust within the family allowing an open communication between members, the ability to treat other with respect. This would affect the psychosocial development of the child through socializing with other children during high school and therefore if performing in further studies, possibly tafe, university or full time work. In this situation, future effects on this parenting style could possible lead to, greater interest further education and mastery goals. This will allow for the adolescent to keep motivated to succeed in life and push to see if they can strive any

Being reliable when adolescents are having serious problems. School nurses strive to make the adolescents perceive them as trusted adults, to whom they can tell their stories knowing that their confidence will be respected, and help find solutions to their serious problems. Helping the adolescents to achieve insight into their situation. Nurses strive to help adolescents to achieve insight to what they perceive as meaningful in life by encouraging them to talk about their goals and ways to achieve them. Supporting a healthy life rhythm. Nurses support a healthy rhythm in lives of adolescent by making parts of their everyday life visible, as well as being encouraging and giving advise. Assessing health behaviours. School nurses should assess the health behaviours of these youth and encourage parents to monitor their adolescents activities. Parents can also be reminded that they continue to be role models of health behaviours for their adolescent children. Moreover, parents and other caring adults who interact with adolescents in a variety of social settings can be reminded that the development of health promoting behaviours in adolescence may lay an essential framework for a healthy lifestyle in