Navigating Emotional Growth: Insights into Adolescent Development (Ages 15-20)

Name Institutional Affiliations Date Emotional Development Research Question: How do People Develop Emotionally from Ages 15-20 Years Introduction Human growth and development is a gradual process that consists of various developmental stages. The infancy stage comprises neonatal to one year kids whose primary care has nothing to do with their abilities but relies on their parents and guardians for everything. The toddler stage is more advanced than infancy as it consists of children aged from one year to five years. In this stage, most children can express their potential in response to their social interaction with families and those around them. Children also learn how to speak, eat, crawl, walk, and run; independence also becomes defined with some children enrolling in junior schools. In the early and middle childhood stage, children have now advanced in speech, cognitive performance, and emotionally. It is a stage that consists of children from 5 to 11 years. The adolescence stage knocks from 12 to 18 and, to some extent, 20 years and proves an exciting and challenging stage as the child transit from childhood to adulthood. Analyzing physical, sociological, and hormonal changes experienced during this stage will help understand the significant factors that foster emotional development in adolescents. Adolescence is an exciting development stage as it defines the physical and hormonal changes within the teenager, which justifies the reason behind selecting this age group as the topic of study. It is a gradual period that proves uncomfortable and irritating to many teens, thus the need for proper analysis to understand the best guidance that can enhance a smooth transition (Moshman, 2019). While paying close attention to adolescents aged between 15 to 20 years, one can argue that their developmental milestone involves changes in how they think, interact with others, feel, and physical development of their bodies (Balasundaram and darshini Avulakunta, 2021). It is an age bracket whose most members have completed puberty. However, some boys might still be maturing and thus mentally concerned about their adult being, which comes with the establishment of defined potentials in various performances. Unfortunately, an eating disorder can