Too Mature, Too Fast?
Early maturation does not make girls susceptible to premature sexual activity and early pregnancies because the environment tends to play an essential role in contributing to susceptibility. Environmental factors that may make girls and boys susceptible are the culture, religion, setting, governance, gender inequality, economic inequality, and the physical layout of the neighborhood (Sommer & Mmari, 2015). The environment involves social stressors and peer pressure, among other factors that have a significant impact on the consequences of maturation. Some of the possible implications of the body maturing more rapidly than the mind for both boys and girls are higher rates of depression and anxiety, which may stretch all the into early life (Sommer & Mmari, 2015). It is, therefore, apparent that psychosocial challenges because of the problem of fitting in. The existence of social and emotional pressures among boys and girls because the level of growth of their mind does not match their body maturation. It, therefore, means that early maturation can hurt both boys and girls unless proper education and training is carried out.
Resiliency in Adolescence
Resiliency and the ability to handle adolescent stress amongst some teens are contributed by the environment in which they are brought in. Specific environments have social stress and many other environmental-related pressures such as economic and parenting hence determining the teens’ level of resiliency (Nourian et al., 2016). Erikson explains that the combination of several environmental factors can make a teen resilient or maintain the status quo. For instance, if identical twins are brought up in two different environments, they are likely to possess different because resiliency is circumstancial.
References
Nourian, M., Mohammadi Shahboulaghi, F., Nourozi Tabrizi, K., Rassouli, M., & Biglarrian, A., PhD (2016). Resilience and Its Contributing Factors in Adolescents in Long-Term Residential Care Facilities Affiliated to Tehran Welfare Organization. International journal of community based nursing and midwifery, 4(4), 386–396.
Sommer, M., & Mmari, K. (2015). Addressing Structural and Environmental Factors for Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. American journal of public health, 105(10), 1973–1981. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2015.302740