Often, the period of adolescence is described as a time of "storm and stress." Research suggests that this view is:
a. not accurate, because most adolescents do not experience adolescence as a stressful time of life
b. a mostly accurate view of the period of adolescence
c. not accurate, because adolescence is stormy but usually not stressful
d. not accurate, because adolescent is stressful, but usually not stormy
a
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