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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
I do not think that 'hulking out' will be a common result because supers would have manifested more than a decade before that trope was even conceptualized. The idea of transforming into a hulking brute would have horrified the vast majority of the adolescent population. Just take a look at the heroes of the screen of 1950s and before, they were not massive slabs of muscle, they were slim and chiseled, strong yet human in proportion (even Charles Atlas was not that large).
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It's possible that the comics and media of the time could have a disproportionate effect on how powers manifest. The 60s had a lot of silver age heroes as well as a fair proportion of horror comics.
In this setting if affect is limited to imagination (rather than genetics or something else), there should be a fair amount of Supers that manifest multiple times as they find more stress or bigger desires (imagination).
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As for more lethal attack abilities, they will definitely manifest among adolescents during a few fights, but they will be evidence that the super is a psychopath or a sociopath (unless they are fighting for their lives, or the lives of their loved ones, against a large number of attackers, then it would just be self-defense).
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Crimes of passion make up a fair amount of murders. If you throw in super powers that are only limited by imagination on children, you'll see a lot more passion and less restraint.
As a society we generally don't treat kids 15 and under as being developed enough to understand the consequences of such actions. We're less lenient on 16+.