Explore: Values In Adolescence

Adolescence (from Latin adolescere 'to mature') is a transitional stage of human physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the

delinquency in adolescence. It is during adolescence that young people are first confronted with peers who have delinquent values and/or behaviors. They may experience

childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. Although egocentric behaviors are less prominent in adulthood, the existence of some forms of egocentrism in adulthood

Society for Research on Adolescence, Washington, DC. Brown, B., & Larson, J. (2009). "Peer relationships in adolescence." In R. Lerner & L. Steinberg

or post-adolescence refers to a phase of the life span between late adolescence and early adulthood, as initially proposed by Jeffrey Arnett in a 2000

those who are legally considered adults in their country. The World Health Organization defines adolescence as the period between the ages of 10 and

degradation and changing values in younger generations. Researchers have characterized youth culture as embodying values that are "in conflict with those of

The Adolescence of P-1 is a 1977 science fiction novel by Thomas Joseph Ryan, published by Macmillan Publishing, and in 1984 adapted into a Canadian-made

personal fable). Though the term refers to an experience exhibited in young adolescence as part of development, people of any age may harbor a fantasy of an

studied during adolescence and in educational settings, they can exist in all age groups and settings. As children enter adolescence, cultural, biological