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s were present in only 44% of societies with respect to boys, and in only 18% of societies for girls. The majority of the cultures studied did not expect adolescents to behave especially disobediently. Furthermore, the notion that adolescence is universally associated with violence received little support.
Rather, only 13% of societies expected adolescent boys to occasionally be violent, and only 3% of societies had such expectations for girls. Adolescence as a developmental stage that is associate with rebellion and violence thus does not meet the criteria to be categorize as a functional universal. There is important cultural variation. Whether adolescence is a tumultuous life stage does not seem to be determine randomly. A number of investigations have identify some variables. This that predict whether a given society will likely be associate with difficult adolescent times.
For example, the experiences of adolescents in Germany, Scotland. The Japan, Bali, and Batak were compare, and the results indicated that both individualism and modernity. This seem to increase the difficulties in adolescence (Trommsdorff, 1995). In particular, there appears to be more conflict between children and their parents in individualistic societies, where children seem to view parental control as a constraint they must resist.
Some features of modern Western societies seem to be associated with increased adolescent distress. These include the sheer range of opportunities that confront children as societies industrialize and become more urbanized (Dasen, 2000). One task in adolescence is to learn how to accept adult roles. . As the range of roles has grown over time, so has the problem of adolescence. It was