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Apr 1, 2021 · Emerging adulthood is a period of development between the ages of 18 to 25 years which is distinct from adolescence and later stages of adulthood. Five major struggles occur during emerging ...
Middle adolescence is a time of increased autonomy and experimentation, covering ages 15 to 17. Late adolescence, for those who delay their entry into adult roles because of educational or social factors, can stretch from age 18 into the early 20s. Each phase has a unique set of developmental challenges, opportunities, and risks.
- Michele D. Kipke
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Jul 26, 2021 · From the onset of puberty through age 25, the adolescent brain undergoes profound changes in structure and function. The developmental period of emerging adulthood offers incredible opportunities ...
Mar 28, 2021 · Adolescence is the stage that bridges childhood and adulthood. Teenagers embark on the transition to becoming adults, attempting to define who they are as individuals and how they fit in the world ...
- Dan Mager MSW
Young adulthood is a unique and critical period of development during which unmet health needs and disparities in access to appropriate care, health status, and mortality rates are high. This is a time when purposeful prevention and intervention strategies may still alter trajectories and decrease threats to health along the adult life course. The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine provides leadership, advocacy, and supports health policies, practice recommendations, and research ...
Jan 27, 2015 · Developmentally, young adulthood is a time of both opportunity and risk. The process of maturation is not suddenly completed when a young person turns 18. The brain is still maturing, and strengths and vulnerabilities continue to emerge.
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In Investing in Young Adults (2014), a committee of the National Academies suggested that young adulthood should be viewed as a distinct developmental period, reflecting the social and economic developments that have prolonged the transition to independent adulthood. For the purposes of this report, however, our committee encompasses young adulthood within a prolonged period of adolescence.
