Adolescents develop with a strong need for safety and security thereby seek
psychological comfort in environments with such appropriate stimulus. In essence, children like
Elle that grew up in families with strained parental relationships find it difficult to trust partners
hence Elle’s late experiences of a romantic relationship. Environments facilitate and discourage
interactions among people. Elle’s lack of adequate social support from her parent’s influences
poor social skills as exhibited in her lack of many friends. The environment influences people’s
behavior and motivation to act. In essence, the adolescents develop their identity and identity
statuses based on the social and emotional influences around them. Exposure to certain social
factors influence the timing, patter and stability of identity development (Vannucci &
Ohannessian, 2019). Identity status refers to development of a particular domain identity such as
sexual role orientation, ideology and religious beliefs. People engage in behaviors that are
consistent with their perceptions of themselves and how they wish to be seen by others. The
Kissing both movie is popular with teenager in its presentation of social identity development.
Media presents external factors that contribute to formulation of identities. The combination of
self-concept and self-awareness develops cognitive representation of the self-termed identity.
The Netflix movie “The Kissing Booth” narrates the social and emotional development of
an adolescent who is forced to confront the dilemma of making her own choices or of those
around her. Elle Evans is a late bloomer that has never been kissed and unexpectedly finds
herself kissing her secret crush through a kissing booth game play she and her best friend
innovated. Elle and her best friend Lee Flynn are best friends and have created a set of friendship
rules that they have sworn to protect their special friendship. The secret crush turns out to be
Lee’s elder brother but the friendship code prohibits romance with friend’s relative. Elle has to
make a choice to violate her friendship code and follow her own decisions. Adolescents develop
psychological comfort in environments with such appropriate stimulus. In essence, children like
Elle that grew up in families with strained parental relationships find it difficult to trust partners
hence Elle’s late experiences of a romantic relationship. Environments facilitate and discourage
interactions among people. Elle’s lack of adequate social support from her parent’s influences
poor social skills as exhibited in her lack of many friends. The environment influences people’s
behavior and motivation to act. In essence, the adolescents develop their identity and identity
statuses based on the social and emotional influences around them. Exposure to certain social
factors influence the timing, patter and stability of identity development (Vannucci &
Ohannessian, 2019). Identity status refers to development of a particular domain identity such as
sexual role orientation, ideology and religious beliefs. People engage in behaviors that are
consistent with their perceptions of themselves and how they wish to be seen by others. The
Kissing both movie is popular with teenager in its presentation of social identity development.
Media presents external factors that contribute to formulation of identities. The combination of
self-concept and self-awareness develops cognitive representation of the self-termed identity.
The Netflix movie “The Kissing Booth” narrates the social and emotional development of
an adolescent who is forced to confront the dilemma of making her own choices or of those
around her. Elle Evans is a late bloomer that has never been kissed and unexpectedly finds
herself kissing her secret crush through a kissing booth game play she and her best friend
innovated. Elle and her best friend Lee Flynn are best friends and have created a set of friendship
rules that they have sworn to protect their special friendship. The secret crush turns out to be
Lee’s elder brother but the friendship code prohibits romance with friend’s relative. Elle has to
make a choice to violate her friendship code and follow her own decisions. Adolescents develop
