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Crockett, Lisa J., Ed.; Carlo, Gustavo, Ed.; Schulenberg, John E., Ed. – APA Books, 2022
This handbook offers comprehensive coverage of the topics that are relevant to the field of adolescent and young adult development. The "APA Handbook of Adolescent and Young Adult Development" reviews the many factors that impact youth development across varying themes including biological underpinnings, cognitive and emotive processes,…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Young Adults, Individual Development, Developmental Psychology
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Syed, Moin; Eriksson, Py Liv; Frisén, Ann; Hwang, C. Philip; Lamb, Michael E. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
The purpose of this study was to examine the developmental course and implications of the personality metatraits ego resiliency and ego control across the first 3 decades of life. The sample consisted of 139 participants who were assessed 9 times between ages 2 and 33. Participants completed measures of ego resiliency, ego control, Big Five…
Descriptors: Child Development, Adolescent Development, Individual Development, Personality Traits
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Côté, James E. – Applied Developmental Science, 2014
This article examines the theory of emerging adulthood, introduced into the literature by Arnett (2000), in terms of its methodological and evidential basis, and finds it to be unsubstantiated on numerous grounds. Other, more convincing, formulations of variations in the transition to adulthood are examined. Most flawed academic theories are…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adolescent Development, Developmental Stages, Misconceptions
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Peterson, Jean Sunde – Roeper Review, 2012
A 15-year phenomenological case study of an exceptional female from age 15 through 30 was focused on exploring the subjective experience of development during adolescence and young adulthood, with attention to how giftedness and context interacted. The main focus became her response to trauma, which was revealed early in the study. Data, including…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Phenomenology, Longitudinal Studies, Case Studies
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Proulx, Christine M.; Helms, Heather M. – Journal of Family Issues, 2008
Guided by contemporary feminist revisions of individual theories on adolescent development, interviews with 142 parent dyads were conducted to better understand the variation in mothers' and fathers' perceptions of changes and continuities in their relationships with their firstborn young adult sons and daughters. A between-families content…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Mothers, Daughters, Young Adults
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Emmett, John A. – New Directions for Youth Development, 2008
In this article, the author writes lyrically of the struggle of young people to find meaning and hope in an increasingly secular world, and focuses his discussion on potential roles for adults "who are in serious life-shaping relationships with young people. . . to recognize and respond to the spiritual development of young people." The…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Religious Factors, Spiritual Development, Religion
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Rapanaro, Cher; Bartu, Anne; Lee, Andy H. – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2008
Background: This study investigated the perceived benefits and negative impact associated with stressful events and chronic caregiving demands encountered by parents caring for young adults with an intellectual disability in the period of transition to adulthood. Methods: A sample of 119 parents of young adults described these outcomes in a…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Young Adults, Content Analysis, Stress Management
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Stevens, Lisa Patel; Hunter, Lisa; Pendergast, Donna; Carrington, Victoria; Bahr, Nan; Kapitzke, Cushla; Mitchell, Jane – Australian Educational Researcher, 2007
This paper explores various epistemological paradigms available to understand, interpret, and semiotically depict young people. These paradigms all draw upon a metadiscourse of developmental age and stage (e.g. Hall 1914) and then work from particular epistemological views of the world to cast young people in different lights. Using strategic…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Young Adults, Adolescents, Epistemology
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Luna,Beatriz; Garver,Krista E.; Urban,Trinity A.; Lazar,Nicole A.; Sweeney,John A. – Child Development, 2004
To characterize cognitive maturation through adolescence, processing speed, voluntary response suppression, and spatial working memory were measured in 8- to 30-year-old (N=245) healthy participants using oculomotor tasks. Development progressed with a steep initial improvement in performance followed by stabilization in adolescence. Adult-level…
Descriptors: Memory, Cognitive Processes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
Levine, Melvin D. – 1988
This document discusses the differences in maturity of late adolescents, aged 16 to 21, and how lack of readiness by some adolescents has a major impact upon communities and upon the individual. The document illustrates the tension between individuation and regulation with five vignettes of actual cases. Sources of variation, including biological…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Individual Development
White, Marian, Ed. – 1999
This proceedings contains transcripts, presentations, and workshop summaries from a 2-day conference on experiential learning in youth development, held by the Brathay Hall Trust in the English Lake District. Brathay is a British educational charity that offers a variety of youth development courses, ranging from outdoor adventure activities to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Educational Strategies, Experiential Learning
Blacher, Jan – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2001
This article proposes a conceptual model concerning mental retardation and family well-being during the transition from late adolescence into young adulthood. It suggests that success in residential, vocational, and social realms will influence family well-being directly, while individual characteristics, environment and culture, and family…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adult Development
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Kim, Kee Jeong; Conger, Rand D.; Lorenz, Frederick O.; Elder, Glen H., Jr. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
This longitudinal study examined reciprocal growth in negative emotions between parents and adolescents, and their potential influence on the development of social relationships during early adulthood. Findings showed that both parents' and adolescents' initial levels of negative emotion toward each other predicted the rate of growth and rate of…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Emotional Response, Individual Development
White, Marian – 2001
The third biannual Brathay Youth Conference focused on ways to help young people negotiate the key transitions in their lives and the role of informal and experiential learning in such strategies. This document summarizes speeches, workshops, and research reports presented at the conference. The speeches were (1) welcome and introduction (Steve…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adventure Education, Education Work Relationship
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Pasupathi, Monisha; Staudinger, Ursula M.; Baltes, Paul B. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
Compared adolescents' (14 to 20 years) and young adults' (21 to 37 years) wisdom-related knowledge and judgment related to difficult and ill-defined life dilemmas. Rated responses along five wisdom criteria. Found that adolescents performed at lower levels than young adults but also demonstrated substantial age increments in performance.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development
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