Abstract
In recent years, people have seen the different transitions that students take as they are growing up and going to school. Young adolescents’ are introduced to many different things in life as they are moving along to obtain a better future and become successful. The young adolescents’ are challenged by the moods of others and their own mood. Emotions are a trial all on their own especially for the young adolescents’ in the middle grade years. A Longitudinal investigation was given to 78 fifth grade students using the Piers Harris Self-Concept Scale. Data was collected from the investigation and it was found that young adolescents’ experience more positive changes than negative changes in what we know as domain-specific aspects.

A Review of the Literature A longitudinal Investigation of young adolescents’ self-concepts in the middle grades was given to fifth grade students until they reached their middle school grade years. The article stated that middle grade years are a time where the young adolescents’ particularly have a challenging time transitioning.
“Fresh from the nurturing environment, young adolescents often find themselves navigating new relationships and making sense of the changing school norms associated with middle grade schools. In addition to environmental changes, young adolescents are also in the midst of dramatic physical and psychological growth. (Rice & Dolgin, 2005) “
Self-concept is understood as being a way for someone to identify themselves and their understanding of his or herself and involves the characteristics of their self along with the insights. Self-concept is broken into different categories that give an overall understanding of all of the domains. The literature review considers whether that the longitudinal investigation is a promising approach for understanding the transition to the middle school grades.