Effects of Puberty on Adolescent Girl's Mental Health

Effects of puberty on adolescent girl’s mental health
1
EFFECTS OF PUBERTY ON ADOLESCENT GIRL’S MENTAL HEALTH
Name
Course
Professor
Institution
Location of the institution
Date
Introduction
Puberty refers to the stage of the development of a boy or a girl where the process of physical
and sexual change is experienced as the individuals become sexually active. During this stage,
the body of an adolescent starts developing which is hormonal initiated whereby body starts

Effects of puberty on adolescent girl’s mental health
2
developing both physical and emotional sexually which are different for both genders and also
appear at the diverse set of time. Girls are known to emerge from the ages of nine which earlier
than boys which start producing at the age of twelve. The time of developing differs from one
person to another according to the environment, the foods that one feeds on, the genetic
composition of a person and also nature can affect the body structure of a person (LeMoult et al.
2018, pg. 6).
Some of the sexual changes for ladies include the growth of breast, smoothening of the face
while others start developing pimples, ovulation, broadening of hips, and an increase in weight
among others. Some of these changes may affect the esteem of the girls which makes them very
shy to present themselves before people and denying self-acceptance. In boys, the sexual
modifications include; breaking of voice, growing of beards, broadening of the chest,
experiencing wet dreams, and weight increase among others. Like girls, boys are also affected
by the breaking of voice which makes them shy off and sometimes try to hide it (Freud, 2018,
pg. 17).
During puberty, the bodies of the adolescents become very active sexually and are sensitive
when interacting with the opposite gender to appoint that they can talk, share or play together as
they used to do from childhood. They start maturing both mentally and physically due to the
response of the glands and hormones which makes them behave like mature people. The function
of their body and their mind due to their hormonal which makes them start acting like adults, and
also they start changing to the undertaking of the adult's role. They also start realizing the need to
be clean, taking birth daily, brushing and even applying cosmetics like sprays and makeups to
look more beautiful.

Effects of puberty on adolescent girl’s mental health
3
Body
The sexual development and changes have been a significant challenge that most adolescents are
facing during their early years of growth and development which is brought the rapid evolution
of their body functions. The changes are happening unexpectedly which makes the have a tough
time to adjust to the changes and others end up denying themselves and thus neglecting their
bodies. Adolescent girls have preferences regarding looks, height, body size among others which
is as a result of the actors, presenters or a character they admire, whereby they expect to be like
the failure to that they esteem is lowered (Jeffery et al. 2018, pg.225).
The ladies are the most affected by the puberty process which mostly affects their behaviors and
if they lack guidance they may end up to being ruined morally by the peers. During this time the
adolescent needs a very near follow up to man their behavior due to the emotional growth which
may drive them very mad and can lead them to indulge in entrusted behaviors. The young girls
are mostly affected emotionally, mentally and even socially which affects their interaction with
the community. The effects have been so severe even the ladies start losing their character and
can be transformed to either positive or a negative form (Wierenga et al. 2018, pg. 109).
As seen earlier puberty is a very critical stage in the human's life which can make or break their
life according to how it is handled and the environment the child is growing in. As stated on the
topic one of the effects it poses to the individuals include mental health which is one of the
sensitive aspects of life. Mental health is very vital for every human being's survival and if it
affected slighted and there is malfunctioning the person can lose the value of being a human
being to an animal whereby he or she starts acting more or less the same as an animal. Once the