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Friendships and Peer Groups ** Peer relationships are one of the biggest changes a person goes through during adolescence. One main change in this area is the increase in peer focused activities. Because of the importance of friendship networks they are often organised into ridged cliques. During adolescents young people tend to care more about how their social live is going compared to how their academic life is going. Teens are influenced by their friends in mainly clothing styles, music and activity choice.
 * feeling awkward around others needing to belong and to fit in a group
 * needing to establish a separate identity from parents and family
 * "coming of age" rituals or ceremonies celebrated by different cultures
 * feeling easily embarrassed among peers
 * feeling like everyone else is looking at you when in a group
 * feeling safe in a group
 * wanting to look like peers, sometimes forming a certain look for your group i.e. Type of clothes, hair style.

The relation with parents and adolescents do not get along at time as one would expect given the stereotypes. As young adults become more physically mature, adolescents usually seek independence and may question family rules. Despite this conflict adults and adolescents they still agree more then they disagree.
 * Change in Family Relations**

In Western countries adolescents experience at least 1 school transition- changing from Primary school to High school. Individuals are likely not to very well depending on their psychological needs. Evidence from a number of sources supports this hypothesis.
 * School Transitions**


 * School Transitions usually involve these types of changes:**
 * 1) a shift from a smaller school to a larger school
 * 2) a shift to a more bureaucratic social system
 * 3) a shift to a more controlling social system
 * 4) a shift to a more heterogeneous social system
 * 5) a shift to a social context with less personal contact with adults and less opportunity to be engaged in school activities and responsible school roles
 * 6) a shift to a more rigid, socially comparative grading system
 * 7) a shift to a more lock-step curriculum tracking system

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