Q) What are the emotional changes the teens undergo at puberty?
A) Along with physical changes, teens also experience emotional changes. Some of these changes include.
- Experience moodiness: Changes in their estrogen levels can cause mood swings in females. Changes in their testosterone levels can cause mood swings in boys.
- Concerned about how they look, how other people look and how they compare to self, and what other people think in general.
- Feel awkward or embarrassed, especially in times of change.
- Feel sexual attraction and arousal very easily.
- Experience sexual curiosity and attraction in other people.
- Emotional and react to situations more intensely than before.
- Try to gain more independence from parents.