According to Fleming (2004), at this stage of development, they do
not know “who they are?” and search for their identity. Adolescence is the time
great change; they are in between childhood and adulthood. They sometime
confuse whether they are children or adults. In this stage their life can be
very stressful. Erikson states as cites in Fleming (2004), the teens are “a
turning point of increased vulnerability and heightened potential”. In this
stage of development truthfulness is very important. In this phase, children
must have given freedom but should be controlled and observe their activity.
According to Marcia as cited in Passer & Smith (2007), there are “identity
status” for each person; identity diffusion: these teens and adults had not
gone through identity crisis, foreclosure: commit to an identity and set values
before experiencing crisis, moratorium: want to establish a clear identity but
had not yet resolve it and identity achievement: these individuals have gone
through identity crisis and successfully resolved it.
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