anna freud (1958) observed that adolescence brings an onslaught of sexual and aggressive impulses. indeed she erote that there are few situations in life which are more difficult to cope with than an adolescent son or daughter the attempt to liberate themselves (p.323).(ask your parents if they would agree)Anna freud identified two major strategies that adolescents use to gain a sense of control. one is asceticism, in which the adolescent tries to abandon
phandon physical pleasure,such as through strict diets or vigorous exercise the other strategy adolescents use tocope is intellectu-alization,in which they develop persolop personal theories about the nature of love or of life