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====== Appendix A ======

===== FIVE PHASES OF ADOLESCENCE, (Ages 10 - 30) =====
==== Age 10 - 12 ====
   *Phase
     *Biological Upheaval: onslaught of puberty motional Change
   *Psychological Profile
     *Physical body embarrassing. 
     *Rebellious to home and parents. 
     *Selfworth defined through competition. 
     *"Rational-Technical level:" Know all the answers. 
     *Perplexed emotionally.
   *Faith Profile
     *Moving from childish things orientation to personal self orientation. Faith development has to do with helping the individual form .a healthy self image. Faith, as in-personal conviction, is not yet internalized. "Formal teaching of religion very difficult."

==== Age 12 - 15 ====
   *Phase
     *Age of Negativism
   *Psychological Profile
     *Perennial boredom. 
     *Hobbies often dropped. 
     *Hostile towards close relations. 
     *Fluctuating attitudes and moods; unpredictable.
==== Age 16 - 20 ====
   *Phase
     *Romantic State
   *Psychological Profile
     *Discovery of non-tangible values: truth, beauty, love, justice, etc. 
     *Align themselves with such ideals and often use them to react against the establishment, adults and organizations alike. 
     *Introspective, reflective and often self-righteous.
   *Faith Profile
     *The possibility of a persona] faith experience. 
     *A recognition of the individualism of others. 
     *Often times formal religion is rejected, too structured. 
     *Important to understand and be patient.
 
==== Age 20 - 30 ====
   *Phase
     *Late Adolescence - Integration
   *Psychological Profile
     *The relationship between ideals and the establishment are con-fronhed. 
     *Ideals are applied to life situations: job, marriage, etc.
   *Faith Profile
     *Religious maturation can address the dilema of formal religion and personal faith.
     *Religion and faith no longer just "black and white," but gray too. 
     *A willingness to accept the frailties of institutional religion.

(An adaptation of the work of Dr. Bernard Boelen by Tom Zanzip.)
 
===== In ministering to youth we might expect the following: =====
==== GRADE NINE: ====
   *Boys: 
     *Begin to discover they are unique 
     *Realize they can have values of their own 
     *Tend to become more involved Abound in energy 
     *Experience depths and heights in their efforts to accomplish their goals
     *React quickly to opposite views
     *Need Support

   *Girls: 
     *Begin to discover they are unique 
     *Realize they can have values of their own 
     *Tend to become more involved Abound in energy 
     *Experience depths and heights in their efforts to accomplish their goals
     *React quickly to opposite views
     *Need Support
     *Physically more developed
     *More sensitive
     *Greater interest in friendship and personal relationships

==== GRADE TEN: ====
   *Preoccupied with their own self image
   *Feel the loss of the stability and security of childhood
   *Appear self-confident 'though often deeply troubled interiorly
   *Experience great self doubt in decision making
   *Have a tendency toward apathy and moodiness Are easily bored, not willing to stick to task
   *Internal disorder reflected in external appearances
   *Receptive to topics dealing with self identity, practical morality, proper love of self and others. The world and life is viewed as a personal problem to be solved.

==== GRADE ELEVEN: ====
   *Feel more secure in terms of own personality, continue to test it
   *Begin to ask "Who am I?" and "What is life about?" in a more philosophical way rather than a personal way
   *Are more intellectually curious and critical
   *Ask broader questions of who we are, destiny of human race
   *Experience a time of romanticism, idealis~, a search for absolutes
   *Begin to ask authentic religious questions Time to test out, to experiment, to challenge and to criticize
   *Are psychologically a revolutionary, tolerate no imperfection
==== GRADE TWELVE: ====
   *Have a more clear though tentative self image
   *Are entering the peak period of their life in terms of energy, stamina and coordination
   *Are at the threshold of adulthood. 
   *Basic question becomes: "What should I do with this self, with these talents and these physical capacities I possess?"
   *Concerned about personal future
   *Find cultural influences complicate life, tends to postpone the maturing process
   *Have capacity and natural inclination to begin tomake important decisions about their adult life
   *Experience anxiousness and frustration-role of student, dependent 
   *Pulled toward the future and the anxiousness concerning it. This may not be noticeable on the surface