The Role of Adolescence Stages and Physical puberty on Mental Health and Hope in an Iranian Sample View PDF

^*Siamak Khodarahimi
Psychology, Eghlid Branch-Islamic Azad University, Iran, Islamic Republic Of

^*Corresponding Author:

Siamak Khodarahimi
Psychology, Eghlid Branch-Islamic Azad University, Iran, Islamic Republic Of
Email:Khodarahimi@yahoo.com

Published on: 2015-07-09

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between physical puberty, mental health and hope and to investigate the role of adolescence stages and physical puberty in relation to gender and ethnicity in an Iranian sample.

Keywords

Adolescence; Physical puberty; Mental health; Hope; Demographics

Introduction

Adolescence could be a particularly turbulent as well as a dynamic stage of one's life. The adolescence stage is classified into three distinct phases in developmental psychology: early, mid, and late adolescence. These distinct stages of adolescence are mediated by the concurrent phase of physical puberty