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Subject(s): Education, Sociology, Social psychology and group interaction
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
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Summary/Abstract: Adolescence is an important transitional period during which young people ex pand their relationship networks. Adolescents make more friends than in all the preceding developmental stages. They also begin to enter into romantic relation ships, which is new uncharted territory for them. This developmental task is very important for them, and it is one that needs to be successfully tackled. It is, however, obvious that this task challenges adolescents with a myriad of problems and risks, and not everyone easily manages this stage of life well. Dynamic changes in adoles cents’ social networks have to be observed holistically. Adolescents’ relationships with adults and peers, their influence on each other and how they organise them selves into new networks and systems need to be examined closely. Adolescence is also an important period for the development of mental resilience, well being, and of the capability to positively experience things or, simply put, of emotional hap piness. We are trying to understand how adolescents’ social relationships expand and change during this crucial period, and how their relationships are potentially linked to emotional happiness.

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