What Is Puberty in an Adolescent Male?
The teenage years. Adolescents. Adolescence. Puberty. These terms are often used interchangeably, and are often related to each other, but there are important differences. Teenagers and adolescents refer to the same span in years of age. But adolescence is the time that youth engage in the developmental tasks of adolescence. These tasks include establishing an adult identity, seeking independence from adults, and establishing economic self-sufficiency. These tasks may begin before the teen years, and are typically not completed until the late teens or early 20s.
