The World According to Adolescents

Abstract

The term adolescence comes from the Latin word “adolescere,” which literally means "grow to maturity." This implies that the period of adolescence is one during which the child is slowly transformed into a mature adult. It is clear that this process involves biological, intellectual and psychological change. Yet, the growth into maturity of adolescent girls in India is acknowledged almost exclusively in terms of physiology, with the onset of puberty signalling the moment at which a girl, now capable of reproduction, ceases to be a child and becomes a woman.