Paper Title
Adolescence as a culture-bound syndrome
Keywords
- adolescence
- culture-bound syndrome
- medicalization
- pathologization
- cultural identity
- age norms
- gender roles
- family dynamics
- vocational identity
- ethnic identity
- psychosocial development
- adolescent psychology
- social constructs
- cultural perception
- youth behavior
- mental health stigma
- sociocultural influences
- developmental transitions
- identity formation
- western society
- adolescent health
- social expectations
- behavioral norms
- medical anthropology
- psychological diagnosis
- youth marginalization
- socialization processes
- cultural psychiatry
- teen mental health
- generational differences
- psychological constructs
Article Type
Research Article
Journal
Research Impact Tools
Publication Info
Volume: 35 | Issue: 1 | Pages: 73-80
Published On
March, 1992
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Abstract
In keeping with an expanded definition of culture-bound syndromes, this paper argues that adolescence in American society has been ‘medicalized’ into a full-blown symptom complex or pathologic condition. Culture-bound syndromes in highly differentiated societies such as the U.S., may be taxanomically sorted by distinctive cultural identity system domains of age, gender, family, vocation and ethnicity.
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