Społeczno-kulturowe uwarunkowania separacji w okresie adolescencji

Abstract

The process of transition from childhood to adulthood in primitive societies is connected with initiation rites, while in Western societies there are no such rituals. Instead, you can see conflicting expectations from adults directed towards the adolescents. They are ordering, depending on the circumstances, behavior consistent with the roles of a child or an adult. The content, contained in this form of communication, is the postulate of self-determination that satisfies the opposition. The adolescents’ response that satisfies these criteria is behaviour incompatible with adults’ expectations. The synchronic contradictory message, containing in its structure elements in accordance with the three phases of rites of passage, gives it the ability to read it in a diachronic accordance with the individual adolescent developmental process and thus corresponds to the initiation rites.