Stress na adolescência: considerações teóricas e implicações práticas

Abstract

The path of an individual’s life is marked by a great proportion of stressful situations. This work emphasizes the study of these situations in a particular phase of development: the adolescence. By a brief characterization of this period, we try to justify the reasons why adolescents may constitute a vulnerable population. We also emphasize the need of knowing the adolescents cope with the stressful situations they meet. This information is relevant for psychologists working in clinical, educational or community settings, if they want to help/teach adolescents how to confront the inevitable stressful situations they are going to live.