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PUBERTAL HORMONAL CHANGES EFFECTING

BEHAVIOURIAL ASPECTS IN GIRLS

Josly Joseph
(Research Scholar, Department of Social Science,College of Social Science
Humanities,Srinivas University,Mangalore,Karnataka,India)
Mobile: 8281298180
Email: rosejosly@gmail.com
ORCID id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4667-3329

Dr.Laveena D’Mello
(Dean, Department of Social Science, Srinivas University, Mangalore, Karnataka,
India)

ABSTRACT
There are different stages in the life of a human being, especially girls. Each
stage has its own behavioral pattern. The stage of puberty is no exception. The
meaning of maturity in this context is the bodily changes, which in turn leads to
changes in all realms of life. One among the stage is the period of adolescence. This
is the period between childhood and adult. It is during the period of adolescence or
puberty a lot of changes in the realm of social and emotional aspects takes place in a
girl. Adolescence is a complex physical and psychological growth phase. The person
becomes an adult who develops sexually, emotionally, psychologically and socially.
The teenagers due to the changes physically and mentally are stressed to a great
extreme. This stress is seen in their behavioral and social approach. The changes in
the hormones during puberty in girls results in the physical changes leading to their
outlook to sexuality. The girls are exposed to great stress due to their emotional and
physiological, psychological and social challenges. There is a difference felt in the
body changes and the changes of brain during the puberty of girls. This affects their
emotional development also. Some girls feel it hard to control their emotions while
others fall into the ditches of depression. There are motivational changes which lead
to the increase in sensation seeking and seeking peers or romantic partners. The big
causes of morbidity are sexual vulnerability, obesity, violence, guns, walking, and
unhealthy nutrition. Traffic injuries, fatalities and suicides are the major mortality
causes in this age category. This time can influence the subsequent perception of life
greatly. Therefore it is necessary to think about potential changes in this period and
behavior.
Keywords: Adolescent, Behaviors, Physical, Psychosocial Development, Motivational
Seeking.
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INTRODUCTION
The change of a girl from childhood to adulthood is known as adolescence.
The girl who was a child till a minute ago is now in the path of adulthood. The period
of adolescence is a period which is accompanied by the speedy development and
growth of a girl. The physical changes in the body and the social challenges they face
make them hard to adjust themselves with the changing situations. The challenges the
girl faces leads to conflict and confusion in her mind. The girls in this stage prefer to
be with their friends more than their family. This brings forth the changes in their way
of communication with families, with classmates and peers. The social-emotional
maturity is very distinct in each and every girl.
The growth of girl is based on the blending of specific chromosomes, brain
development, and climate, interactions between family, friends, society and culture.
The changes felt by the girls in the realm of social and emotional aspects is the pointer
to their personality development and adult learning adopted by children. The
adolescent girls try to imitate their parents and they also try to differentiate
themselves from their parents along with the reason to know how they differ. The
puberty in girls is compatible with the modifications in the development pertaining to
physical aspect and the maturity of the brain. This is connected to the changes of the
cognitive and the behavioral changes. The child is transformed after puberty into the
stage of adulthood resulting in the significant biological modifications such as
physical growth, sexual maturation and psychosocial advances.
The average age of sexual maturity regarding female is regarded to be within
the age of 12 to 13 years and this is accepted globally. The first and foremost thing the
girls have to face is the menstruation and its affects. This inflicts in them the emotion
of fear and anxiety. They are also curious and long to know more about this biological
process. The first leakage of blood during puberty is known as menarche and this
leads to various changes in the female hormones. One of the reasons and the most
common one are the depressive symptoms shown during this period. The reason for
this is the girl who has reached puberty will show signs of physical growth whereas
her friend who has not reached this stage does not show these signs. This leads to the
problem of making friends with the same sex peers as they have not reached
maturation and their physical growth is not so as the girl who has reached puberty
(Petersen et al., 1991) [1]
In the case of depressive disorders, a psychosocial paradigm does not
intrinsically contradict a biological model. Hormonal variations or concentrations can
exacerbate negative emotional responses to the environment. Hormonal changes may
also modify the actions of girls in a way that affects friends, adults, kids or others.
This leads to confusing or distressing external effects that affect the emotional well-
being of Jane (Mendle et al, 2006) [2]. Puberty is a period of growing tension and
difficulties as children adjust to changing social roles. In puberty, mental health issues
frequently occur first. This could be noticed in early pubertal girls and those with little
social and emotional support. The children who grow up with relatives, peers and
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communities are provided with ample social dishes of mental well-being. The
negative consequences of the children's environment can also lead to issues of
emotional well-being for teenagers. Early pubertal girls had greater mental and social
transition difficulties. The adolescent modifications and is effect is made severe by
the problems of controlling the behavioral aspect and emotional aspect.
The girl who has reached the stage of puberty or has become an adolescent
likes to spend more time with their peers. They are interested in those friends who
have the same feelings. Their relationship with boys who were there friends once also
changes. The shift of their nature of friendship with boys is mainly due to sexual
interest and the factors of social and cultural aspects. The problems related to puberty
include in it the strain and stress to control and suppress the sexual urges. The sexual
approach during this period might be an impulsive one, along with explorations of self
and others. This is a stage of high risk as they fall into the clutches of wrong doings
and health issues.

PUBERTY GROWTH AND BEHAVIOUR:SOCIO-

MOTIVATIONAL HORMONAL STIMULATION:
In the current paper, with regard to several aspects of adolescent life, we
discuss pubertal maturation, with a focus on increasing sex hormones that play a
crucial role in adolescent growth. “We analyze emerging evidence that puberty is
closely related to a number of affective (emotional and motivational) changes that in
turn affect these behavioral trends. It has been proposed that many (if not most)
behavioral changes associated with pubertal maturation lead to active influences on
specific motive trends, including increased sensory search and increased innate
attraction to peer and romantic contexts, and that subsequent behavioral factors differ
greatly depending on the social background.”

YOUTH AWARENESS

The period of adolescence witnesses the hormonal changes of gonadal

hormones and cortisol which leads to the expression of sexual characters. As a result
the normal growth of adolescents is marked by complex behavioral shifts. These are
also accompanied by health and social importance. For the understanding of the
teenage paradox, the associations between these motivational characteristics and
social conditions that exacerbate these trends are essential. Puberty, although
considered healthy phase of a girl child, there have been reports suggesting increasing
morbidity and death rate increase by 200 percent (Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention, 2009)”Further there have also been instances recorded of , suicide,
assassination, abuse, alcohol and medication, HIV, Hepatitis C, unintentional
pregnancies, and anorexia. On the one hand, certain kinds of adolescent health issues
are heterogeneous; on the other hand, all of these health effects raise barriers to
emotion and behavior. In the broader social reorientation of puberty, an underlying
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context for interpreting all of these affective changes can be viewed. According to
recent studies on young people's cognitive neuroscience (e.g. “Blakemore, 2008”) (3),
adolescence in social brain communication networks is characterized by
improvements in social perception and functional and systemic growth.
In puberty, the production of reproductive hormones is believed to increase
motivational patterns, including the desire for social objectives and incentives that
promote this social change. In the adolescents, the urge to gain friends, romantic
relationships, and social status is a common aspect , and more generally, their intrinsic
propensity to pay more attention to, and react to peer, romantic, and sexual contexts is
evident. Activating such motivational habits can have beneficial behavioral effects,
namely inherent inclinations to help understand and explore social conditions
However, stronger peers and romance, especially in combination with increased
sensation, can lead to a wide range of risky adolescent behaviors that correlate with
negative health effects, particularly in certain social contexts.
We would discuss evidence of puberty-specific behavioral improvements first
before referring to these health and social policy implications. Initially, the
physiological and physical changes in young children will be briefly explained. The
weaknesses and difficulties of puberty and behavioral research will be highlighted,
and new areas of growth in disengaging puberty-specific neurobehavioral adaptations
will be described. First, we focus on two research areas in which the fundamental
behavioral shifts in puberty are clearly shown-sensation-seeking and motivation of the
social class-and then consider motivational trends with regard to our model.

THE COGNITIVE AND BEHAVIOURAL ATTRIBUTES WERE LISTED AS

OVER-SENSITIVE, IDENTITY-SEEKING, FEELING CONFUSED,
THINKING CLASHES, SOCIAL STRAIN, MOOD FLUCTUATIONS AND
SLEEP DIFFICULTIES. [Table 1]

Unnecessary Emotional Feeling - The study has shown the results as weight
loss awareness 37 percent, body building 46 percent, spending more time in front of
the mirror 40 percent and face consciousness 55 percent. The research participants,
majority of them (80 percent) have shown greater interest in sporting than their
friends (71 percent) and 73 percent have shown daydreams about ambitious
objectives. 7% of the research population expressed confusion and 57% of the study
population experienced conflicts. The points gained by peers are the perfect social
pressure for clothing, lipsticks, and valuable things.
The mood swings shown were a drastic change from a cheerful to angry or
irritable mood, complaining or struggling over small items and feeling lonely.
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Emotional and comport mental attributes

Emotional and comport mental How do you feel? What are you feeling?
features

Feeling overly sensitive Were you aware of the weight loss?

Did you dream about body building?
Will you spend time outside the mirror
several times?
Are you mindful of and caring about
pimples?
Looking for an identity Have you thought that your mates are having
a strong mark?
Did you enter the sports to illustrate your
skills?
Dreaming about ambitious objectives, you
desired one day to be a supermodel?
Feeling uncertain And I felt it was not appropriate with my
ability I never tried to pursue such stuff (e.g.
doctor)?
Conflicts in thought Are you finding some choice hard to make?
Yes, no.
Do you have issues with your studies and
contribute to an emotional burden, yes or no?
Peer pressure Do you ever feel depressed?
If you get decent scores for your mates, you
can't
You couldn't go by while your buddy was
dressed good,
If your mate has smartphone or important
details
Mood swings You are also happy to change your mind or
unexpectedly become upset
Are you going to quarrel or clash with your
peers or parents over minor things?
Do you feel isolated?
Have you no sleep or sleep trouble?

PSYCHOSOCIAL CHANGES

Psychosocial growth is another teenage transition (OrhanDerman, 2008) [4].

The "self-definition and development of personality" is the topic of psychosocial
development (Oxford Social Cognition Handbook, 2013). Tasks and actions that
represent adult responsibilities are self-defined. Through the new partnerships, the
adolescent eventually becomes an individual who takes over social roles, seeks to live
his/her own life, accepts responsibilities for adults, and discovers his/her own
identities. The young individual becomes egoistic, seeks more, worries about house
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laws, finds unequal privileges and wants to be alone. He/she would prefer to make
his/her own decisions. The core of his/her social life travels from relatives to peers
and school classes. He/she does not want to sit at home, is involved in the
environment beyond and gives partnerships more value (Kurtman, 2005) [5].
His/her’s participation in classes drops, sequence of research disrupts and the success
of school decreases. He/she offers hostile reactions to parents. Family relations shift
from dependency to sovereignty (AkçanParlamentz et al., 2012)[6]. Drift from the
family could contribute to desperation, solitude and uncertainty (Karadamar et al.
2014) [7]. Several principles are used throughout puberty to describe personality
formation, such as ego, reputation, character and disposition. Personality formation is
a mechanism that starts from birth and lasts till death. “This is a rather nuanced and
dynamic mechanism that shows similarities to other areas of growth (Yiğit, 2009) [8].
Personality is characterised as a complex integration of individual social, political,
mental and physical resources, whether known or unknown, exhibited or not. Ego is a
multidimensional term which is meant to be the thoughts, feelings and behaviors of
the person towards himself. According to Rogers, ego is the centre of creation of
personality. This is how the individual perceives himself.” The definition of the ego
influences people's interaction with themselves and their society and forms their
actions (Büyükgebiz, 2012; Family and Social Directorate-General, 2010) [9]. The
notion of Ego continues to evolve in infancy through the understanding of the world.
The adolescent sponges in the expression of their parents and reflects in them more..
In this phase, the Ego definition, formed with environmental factors, becomes a guide
to perceiving the world (Ergün& Conk, 2011) [10] Spatial, social, emotional and
mental dimensions encompasses the essence of Ego. The body image, an important
part of the ego, includes thoughts, perceptions and experiences that are conscious and
unconscious Body images are a diverse phenomenon that starts to evolve in
childhood, is particularly relevant in puberty, evolves and shifts during life and
includes the subjective experience of the body (Abaci et al., 2013)[11]. It is also
rather necessary to improve the ego positively. Identity may often be defined as a
blend of interactions from the past and the present and a separate self-definition. The
aspect of Identity arises in terms of “Identity with family ties, friends, relationships,
and career choices, position in society, goals, world views and lifestyles. In other
words, the person sees him/her as the individual with meaningful relationships with
the other. Gender identity, social identity and professional identity are all three
fundamental elements in the development of identity.” (Öztürk O., 1994)[12].
Changes in the body and the reproductive organs, innate excitement and
teenage developmental issues influence identity formation. The development of
identity and self-admission are among the main characteristics of this age, with
development of identity varying with physical, cognitive as well as social elements
(Atak, 2011) [13].
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CONCLUSION

Early adolescence entails physical maturation, but also some age-related social
or socio-cultural changes. Threats and resources may be caused by these changes and
psychiatric disorders.. Moreover, physical development outside the same age range
will pose a further challenge. We researched in this article, increasing individual
feelings and attitudes are associated with puberty, taking into consideration the era of
biology and puberty. Psychosocial and psychiatric assessments of teenagers reveal
this point. The onset and progression of puberty are affected by many factors,
including genetic and hormonal influences, stressful lives, social contexts, fitness and
diet, body weight and the presence of chronic disease. Parents and other older
individuals offer support for younger teenagers. The findings of the study indicate that
teenage girls, most of them are, unprepared for adolescent physical and mental shifts.
The mother should provide social support and assurance, improve the pragmatics of
bodily transitions, and provide insight into her true feelings, emphasizing her own
first instances. Clinical therapy and group work ought to be organized to allow young
girls to be mindful of teenage developmental changes.
Adolescent girls appear to need guidance and assistance with the body and
social transitions in puberty. In all health-care programs, particularly in middle and
high schools, a popular approach needs to be introduced to ensure counseling through
the delivery and incorporation of psychological adjustment education during puberty.

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