Currently, in our country the teenage period of development covers approximately age 11 - 12 and 14 - 17 years, coinciding with the whole education of children in middle and high school.
This is the longest period of transition, which is characterized by a number of physical changes. At this time there is an intensive personal development. From the psychological vocabulary: "Adolescence - ontogenetic development stage between childhood and adulthood (from 11-12 to 16-17 years), which is characterized by qualitative changes associated with puberty and entering into adulthood."
Psychological characteristics of adolescence, according to various authors, are considered to be related to the crisis and restructuring in three main areas: physical, psychological and social.
On the bodily level there are significant hormonal changes at the social level, the teenager takes an intermediate position between the child and the adult, on the psychological adolescence is characterized by the formation of identity.
Psychological characteristics of adolescence have been called "adolescent complex."
The essence of "teenage complex" make up their own, peculiar to this age and certain psychological characteristics, behavioral patterns, specific adolescent behavioral responses to environmental influences.Manifestations of "teenage complex":