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- Five key transitional tasks in adolescent development include:
- 1. Channeling strong desires and impulses (like sexual and aggressive ones) into productive activities.
- 2. Gaining independence from family ties, while still keeping some connection with loved ones.
- 3. Balancing focus on oneself with building social relationships and forming deep romantic attachments.
- These tasks are explored through the themes and characters in the movies *Ordinary People*, *Fly Away Home*, and *(500) Days of Summer*.
Article Abstract
Five important transitional tasks of adolescent development are (i) taming the upsurge of desires and impulses, both sexual and aggressive, into constructive and creative directions; (ii) establishing independence from infantile family ties (while maintaining some involvement with the family of origin); (iii) reconciling self-preoccupations with social attachments; (iv) reworking identifications, especially sexual; and (v) establishing romantic attachments and solidifying ongoing stable love relationships. These tasks are illustrated with the help of three movies, namely Ordinary People, Fly Away Home, and (500) Days of Summer.
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