Concept information
Preferred term
adolescent development
Definition(s)
- The term adolescence was coined by the American psychologist and educator Granville Stanley Hall (1842–1924) to describe the transitional period of human development from childhood to adulthood. Hall viewed adolescence as a time of storm and stress, marked by vacillating and contradictory emotions. [Source: Encyclopedia of Global Health; Adolescent Development]
Broader concept(s)
Narrower concept(s)
- abstinence in adolescence
- adolescence and thriving
- adolescent cancer patient consent to research
- adolescent consent and refusal of treatment
- adolescent pregnancy and births
- adolescent sexual development
- adolescent sexuality
- adolescent use of stimulants
- asthma in adolescence
- athletic participation and girls' development
- at-risk youth
- current trends and research about adolescence
- dating in adolescence
- decision making among adolescents
- delinquency
- depression in adolescence
- essential elements of youth development programs
- ethnic identity development in minority adolescents
- gender intensification
- HIV prevention in young adults
- lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth
- lesbian, gay, and bisexual youth, sexual development
- menarche
- parenting in adolescence
- physical activity in adolescent females
- positive youth development, service-learning versus community collaborative models
- programs and policies for adolescent parents
- puberty
- Rainer K. Silbereisen
- religiosity and resilience in adolescence
- resiliency in adolescence
- teenage smoking
- urban adolescents and social support
- youth-adult partnerships
- youth civic/political development
- youth development professionals
- youth mentoring
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-Z2B9013C-4
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