What are the characteristics of mid-adolescence (14–16 years)?

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The major focus is on validating oneself and developing a sense of well-being separate from parents and family (individuation). Peers become all important as individuation begins to be expressed as independence. Validation of self as a worthwhile person now becomes the driving force behind behaviours, motivation, and social comfort. Continuing brain maturation expresses itself in a growing ability to reason and think ‘outside the box’, often with a self-centered quality. The onset of illness during adolescence may bring about enforced dependency or result in less acceptance by peers, experiences that may be especially difficult to handle.