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  Juvenile Delinquency: Evils of distress on childhood! Juvenile Delinquency is a branch of youth psychology dealing with various degrees of social consequences that are punishable by the law committed by minors. Delinquent behaviour includes stealing, assaulting, indulging in sex offences and developing symptoms like pathological lying and truancy. In psychological terms, delinquency is defined as an alloplastic infringement of social values. Put simply, delinquent acts are directed against society rather than at the offender himself. Healey and Bronner found what delinquency may mean to the offender, it is usually an attempt to escape or fight a tense situation, to provide excitement and thrill, to obtain social recognition or to seek revenge against their parents. Earlier, psychiatrists thought delinquency in juveniles was caused by “moral imbecility”. A condition where intellect remains unaffected but moral sentiment is lost. However, this theory was widely unaccepted because n...

  Swiping left on Love            Youth psychology is a discipline of psychology that focuses on the mental, emotional, and behavioral needs of adolescents. It is a field that specifically addresses the development, well-being, and functioning of youth. Youth psychologists work on a variety of typical issues, like self-esteem, peer pressure, and conflict with parents or siblings. Earlier, people used to wait for weeks to read letters from their lovers ; hold on to that rose their significant other gifted them ; actually make eye contact before knowing what someones “favorite dream destination” is. But this is the 21st century, we are a fast food society. Now we have online dating, where you have a pool of eligible people to choose from. The fact that “ the love of your life ” might be one swipe away is how our youth would like to pursue dating. Since most dating websites make users look at a catalog of photographs to be clicked through until a suitor c...

  Redefining ‘normal’: An unravelling of Gender. Being a young adult in contemporary times comes with its own challenges, an important one being that of finding, understanding and expressing yourself while exploring and stretching the limits of societal expectations. Coming across the term ‘youth psychology’ isn’t uncommon. You might even ask yourself, what exactly does it encompass? At the core, it is a science that explores and addresses the development, functioning and mental state of the youth. Making up more than 16 percent of the world’s population, adolescents and young adults are one of the most popular subjects of psychological studies worldwide. As growing and transforming individuals between childhood and adulthood, there is almost always a need for an understanding of a sense of self and its expression in our youth. We are, in the most basic sense, a product of our environment and our perceptions of our interactions with it. An interesting example to analyse is how the ...