The body's control organ undergoes four major transitions during a lifetime, with 'adolescence' lasting more than two decades ...

The traditional adulthood stages of development involve finishing school, getting married, etc. But today, it's much less straightforward. When most kids grow up and leave home, the goal is typically ...

Emerging adulthood is increasingly recognised as a distinct developmental period, characterised by prolonged exploration and the gradual assumption of adult roles. This phase, typically spanning the ...

Over the last decade or two, scientists have conducted new research in brain development with results having a potentially big impact on how we think about young adults. The emerging research has ...

European Journal of Population, Vol. 23, No. 3/4, Becoming a Young Adult: An International Perspective on Transition to Adulthood (Oct., 2007), pp. 251-272 (22 pages) This article explores how ...

There is still a lot of development to come after age 30. Source: Jeffrey Arnett Do adults develop? Or are we all, to paraphrase a chapter title from Douglas Coupland’s novel Generation X, “Dead at 30 ...

Today’s teens are on a slow road to adulthood, putting off risky behaviors from drinking to sex, but also delaying jobs, driving, dating and other steps towards independence, according to a new study ...

What moments in your life do you consider a transition into adulthood? How do society’s expectations provide an understanding of what it means to “become an adult”? Completing school, finding a career ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Too many kids today are heading off to college or work only to discover that they lack the skills they need to navigate adulthood successfully. Developmental psychologist Dr.

What do we do? Why do we do that? How do we grow? What things change us? When do our patterns snatch us? Our positive and negative patterns help us transform and lead us to exhibiting similar sorts of ...

“I am most excited about the freedom that I will have when I graduate from high school. The freedom that I am searching for is not to escape my family or anything of the sorts, but the freedom of ...