Interview: Importance of Peer Relationships Among Adolescents

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Interview Paper
INTERVIEW INTRODUCTION
1. Interviewee Information
Interviewee #1: Olivia
Olivia is a female aged 12 years. She has an elder brother aged 17 years and a small sister who is three years. Olivia’s mum is a single mother and works in a grocery store. She comes from a middle-income family.
Interviewee #2: Jack
Jack is an African American male aged 19 years. He is currently a second-year student in college pursuing public relations and communication. Jack is the third born with two parents and three siblings, aged 28, 24, and 13.
Interviewee #3: Emma
Emma is a female aged 44 years. She is a single mother with four children aged 19, 16, 11, and 3. Emma is a single mom and works as a banker. Emma divorced two years ago when the last born was just a year old. She is currently co-parenting with her ex-husband.
2. Reason for Selecting Sections and Concepts
Peers
The section on peers was chosen because of the importance of peer relationships among adolescents. During the adolescent stage, individuals develop autonomy from their parents; hence peers became a critical source of support both socially and emotionally (Branje, 2018). Under peers, the selected concepts are youth culture, popularity, and crowds. Youth culture was chosen because young people usually are misunderstood when they defy prevailing cultural norms. Hence, it will be demonstrated that youth culture should not cause alarm, especially among parents. Popularity was chosen to illustrate its role in boosting the self-esteem of adolescents. The concept of crowds will highlight how teenagers explore and develop their identities via connecting with peers through shared image and reputation.
Intimacy and sexuality
The second section is intimacy and sexuality among adolescents. The section was pinpointed to bring to the awareness of parents the need for having conversations around intimacy and sexuality. The issue of intimacy and sexuality is essential among adolescents since this is the period they explore their sexual feelings (Hatchel & Subrahmanyam, 2016). Sexual socialization was selected to demonstrate the different ways in which child...