A Cross-National Study of Adolescent Self-Image Adolescence is not,
as has been previously assumed, a developmental stage that was
defined after the industrial revolution. There is substan tial
historical evidence to suggest that adolescence and youth, as a
stage, was recognized by the ancient Romans, Greeks, and even Egyp
tians. The concept survived through the Dark Ages. In Le Grand Pro
prietaire, written in 1556, it is stated: "The third age, which is
called adolescence, . . . ends in the twenty-first year . . . and
it can go on till thirty or thirty-five. The age is called
adolescence because the person is big enough to beget children. In
this age the limbs are soft and able to grow and receive strength
and vigor from natural heat" (Aries, 1962, p. 21). The span of
years devoted to adolescent development varies in different
cultures and with different definitions. The term adolescence is no
longer equivalent to pubescence. "Adolescence" is a psycho
social-biological stage of development that corresponds to changes
in many areas which accompany the transition from childhood to
adult hood. The working definition of adolescence we use is the
stage of life that starts with puberty and ends at the time when
the person has attained a reasonable degree of independence from
his parents. Once in high school or its equivalent, the vast
majority of teenagers have al ready undergone the biological
changes of puberty."
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