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The formal study of adolescent psychology began with the publication of G. Stanley Hall's Adolescence in 1904. Hall, who was the first president of the American Psychological Association, defined adolescence to be the period of life from ages 14 to 24, and viewed it primarily as a time of internal turmoil and upheaval (sturm und drang). [91]
A second study's findings that adolescents' values were more similar to their parents in the 1980s than in the 1960s and '70s echoes Sebald's finding [clarification needed]. [19] Another study did find differences between adolescents' and parents' attitudes but found that the differences were in the degree of belief, not in the behavior itself ...
Youth studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the development, history, culture, psychology, and politics of youth.The field studies not only specific cultures of young people, but also their relationships, roles and responsibilities throughout the larger societies which they occupy.
Adolescence is a time in which peer relationships become increasingly important and frequent. In this period, adolescents reliably spend approximately twice as much time with their peers than with their parents. [28] At the same time, there is a developmental shift occurring in the quality and nature of friendships in this period. [29]
Adult development is a somewhat new area of study in the field of psychology. Previously it was assumed that development would cease at the end of adolescence. Further research has concluded that development continues well after adolescence and into late adulthood.
Shared interests form the basis of many friendships, so often adolescents are drawn to members of their own crowds, [9] especially if their crowd is defined by activities rather than more superficial characteristics such as race or socioeconomic status. However, interests can be shared across crowd divisions.
The journal covers research on adolescence using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies applied to cognitive, physical, emotional, and social development and behavior. According to the Journal Citation Reports , the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 4.6, ranking it 2nd out of 66 journals in the category "Family Studies" and 12th out ...
This idea is in contrast to a perspective that focuses on punishment and the idea that adolescents are broken". [16] Positive youth development is both a vision, an ideology and a new vocabulary for engaging with youth development. [11] Its tenets can be organized into the 5 C's which are: competence, confidence, connection, character, and ...