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adolescence
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adolescence The period of transition from childhood to adulthood. Although sometimes described as beginning in parallel with
fertility or
puberty and ending with maturity and independence, adolescence has a very variable and imprecise duration. The onset of adolescence cannot be pinpointed in physiological terms, although it is influenced by the same
sex hormones and refers to the same general period as physical sexual development. It represents a complex and sometimes disturbing psychological transition, accompanying the requirement for the accepted social behaviour of the particular adult culture.
Stuart Judge
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development and growth;
menarche;
puberty.
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Adolescence in Pacific Island Societies.(Review)
Magazine article from: Oceania; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Adolescence in Pacific Island Societies. Edited...pioneer in the study of Pacific adolescence' (p.v), this volume amply documents...only a trickle of published work on adolescence in the Pacific. As the editors of this...
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"You learn and learn and learn.... and then you are an adult": parental perceptions of adolescence in contemporary Swaziland.
Magazine article from: Adolescence; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; The universality of adolescence, as a developmental period apart...the difference between childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Finally, it qualitatively...being obsessed with the concept of adolescence. Western cultures were heavily...
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Changes in perceptions of adolescents and of adolescence from course instruction.
Magazine article from: College Student Journal; 6/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...and about their own memories of their adolescence. Participants changed their stereotyped...experience with adolescents and of their own adolescence affects the ways the students react...even after taking a Psychology of Adolescence course, retained stereotypes that adolescence...
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Adolescence and old age in twelve communities.
Magazine article from: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare; 12/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...particularly disputes that there are clear stages of adolescence (12-18), late adolescence (18-22), old age (60-75), and very...around the world suggest that the concept of adolescence is socially constructed in each local setting...
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Inventing adolescence: 20th century concepts of youth development
Magazine article from: Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Century, Americans were less sure about adolescence. However, consensus soon evolved that adolescence was a pre-adult stage of development...all show the growing consensus about adolescence as a period of development. A look at...
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The importance of research on middle childhood and early adolescence: Suggestions for the future
Magazine article from: Journal of Research in Childhood Education; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...on middle childhood and early adolescence serves to remind readers of the...toward early childhood or toward adolescence, with only minimal research...toward middle childhood or early adolescence. Several reasons might account...
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Social isolation, psychological health, and protective factors in adolescence.(Report)
Magazine article from: Adolescence; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words
; INTRODUCTION Adolescence is a unique developmental period...Qualter & Munn, 2002). Thus, adolescence may be a time of particular psychological...of poor psychological health during adolescence, a question remains about the influence...
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Lien entre la qualité des relations familiales et sociales à l'adolescence et à l'âge adulte
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...relations familiales et amicales l'adolescence et, d'autre part, la qualit des...la mre entretient avec sa fille l'adolescence sont relis la satisfaction amoureuse...qualit des relations familiales l'adolescence dans la prdiction de la qualit des relations...
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Male and female delinquency trajectories from pre through middle adolescence and their continuation in late adolescence.
Magazine article from: Adolescence; 12/22/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...with delinquency peaking during middle adolescence, has been well documented in numerous...persistent antisocial behavior, and adolescence-limited delinquency. The small group...their delinquent activities, while the adolescence-only delinquents are more likely to...
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L'adolescence devant la mort dans les oeuvres de Camus et de Sartre.(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Symposium; 6/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...developpent le theme specifique de l'adolescence (sauf pour "L'enfance d'un chef...pourtant une exception: celle ou l'adolescence est plantee dans un contexte de guerre...peloton d'execution. Le theme de l'adolescence devant la mort semble effectivement...
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Adolescence
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis
ADOLESCENCE In psychoanalysis, adolescence is a developmental stage, a key moment during which three...subjectivity. These transformations begin with the onset of adolescence, concluding when infantile sexual activity has reached its...
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Life Cycle: Adolescence
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
Life Cycle: Adolescence Many social historians have argued that adolescence emerged as a distinct life stage only with the...change in life status for the individual. Rather, adolescence as a distinctive stage in the life course emerges...
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Adolescence and Youth
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society
Adolescence and Youth The term adolescence derives from the Latin adolescere, "to grow up." The Random House Dictionary defines adolescence as "the process or condition of growing up; the growing...
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adolescence
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
adolescence time of life from onset of puberty to full adulthood. The exact period of adolescence, which varies from person to person...which manifest themselves throughout adolescence, varying significantly from person to...
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development and growth: school age and adolescence
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to the Body
...development and growth: school age and adolescence Growth is a complex biological phenomenon...psychological changes referred to as adolescence. The nervous and endocrine (hormone...are the head, hands, and feet. At adolescence, children, particularly girls, sometimes...
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