Values in Adolescence

Abstract

During adolescence the values by which the individual will live become clarified and internalised. Prior to this stage young people tend to adopt uncritically the values of the significant adults in their lives—their parents, teachers and other respected people. Though they will certainly form the base on which the adolescents will build, during this period these values are subjected to critical examination and particular aspects of them may be rejected. Those which emerge will be the adolescents’ own values and the guidelines of their future lives.