Question

Adeline is feeling confused. She needs the friendships she has with her longstanding female friends, but finds herself breaking away from them in favor of the attention she receives from boys and from the more popular girls in her school. Although she wants to maintain all these relationships for different reasons, it is becoming difficult. Added to this, she is undergoing genital maturation. Most likely Adeline is in which of Sullivan’s stages?

Answer 1

Answer:

early adolescence

Explanation:

Henry Stack-Sullivan is considered as the father of "interpersonal psychiatry". According to Sullivan, there are six stages in the inter personality development of a child.

They are --

• Infancy
• Childhood
• Juvenile Era
• Preadolescence
• Early adolescence
• late adolescence

Early adolescence is the fifth stage in development where an individual develops their identity. It occurs between twelve to fourteen years of age. In this stage, an individual undergoes many emotinal, psychological and physical changes. There are hormonal changes as well. An individual feels special about herself and is attracted by the opposite sex.

In the context, Adeline is the early adolescence stage of Sullivan’s stages of development.