If I were an academic or research psychologist, and not just an observational one in private practice, I would take a fresh look at identity formation in adolescence. Why? Because I believe how it is ...

Puberty changes more than bodies. Children learn what these changes mean through culture, relationships, and social ...

In Western cultures, adolescence is often viewed as a time of rebellion and irresponsibility. A new article published in the journal Child Development Perspectives synthesized recent research on ...

Before COVID, American teenagers’ psychological health was already in decline. The pandemic, with its sudden lockdowns, school closures and other jolts to normal life, made that downward slope steeper ...

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...