• Dr. Raj Kumar Nayak
• Ms.Gayatri Kumari

Adolescence is the most important period of human life which is called the transitional period of life. It is generally defined with reference to a specific period of years. Many psychologists consider it a period between 13 & 18 years of age while some of them put it between 10 & 19 years and yet others extend it up to 24. But adolescence may not be seen only in association with the precise number of years as its periodicity varies from person to person. It can start as early as at the age of 10 & as late as 14. Moreover, defining the age of adolescence varies from one socio-cultural setting to another. The onset of adolescence varies from culture to culture depending on the socio-economic conditions of the country. A young person attending school may be considered an adolescent at one place while another person of the same age at another place may be married and considered an adult. Adolescence, therefore, may appropriately be defined as the period of physical, psychological and social maturation from childhood to adulthood, the period extending from puberty to the attainment of full reproductive maturity. Hall has called this period as a period of strain and fraught with many problems but other psychologists have laid emphasis on the cultural conditions, the cause of problems in the adolescence.

ADOLESCENT AUTONOMY IN RELATION TO PEER PRESSURE, PARENTAL DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES AND CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES

"ADOLESCENT AUTONOMY IN RELATION TO PEER PRESSURE, PARENTAL DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES AND CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no.1283-1298, July-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR180Z080.pdf

"ADOLESCENT AUTONOMY IN RELATION TO PEER PRESSURE, PARENTAL DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES AND CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC VARIABLES", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 7, page no. pp1283-1298, July-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR180Z080.pdf