AGE-RELATED FEATURES OF THE MORPHOFUNCTIONAL AND PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STATE OF ADOLESCENTS

Adolescence is a crisis period of development, during which physiological changes in the body are combined with a restructuring of the mental component of the personality. The above-mentioned features determine the pronounced provoking influence of age-related changes on the mental adaptation and formation of the personality of a teenager. The teenager moves more and more away from his family, trying to prove his maturity; his interests move from the sphere of study to the sphere of communication with peers. Therefore, a teenager may find himself drawn into an unreliable company in which, wanting to demonstrate his authority, he often commits rash, often antisocial, acts. In order to prevent the consolidation of antisocial behavior as a habitual pattern of behavior in adolescents, it is necessary to carry out timely early diagnosis, psychological assessment and correction of antisocial behavior of minors. The most common bad habits adopted by adults in adolescence are smoking and drinking alcohol.