Adolescence is a period full of changes, both physical and psychosocial, resulting in dynamic changes the way they view think about themselves world. Changes that lead to cognitive maturity: this condition anxiety often interpreted as search for identity or an crisis, where natural one adolescents, part includes forms religious identity, which principle human life. Many factors influence crisis...

I apply evolutionary perspectives and conceptual tools to analyse central issues underlying child health, with emphases on the roles of human-specific adaptations and genomic conflicts in physical growth and development. Evidence from comparative primatology, anthropology, physiology and human disorders indicates that child health risks have evolved in the context of evolutionary changes, along...

This article provides a brief overview of adolescence. It highlights the key physical changes related to puberty and identifies latest understanding neurological development in young people. is also recognised, within article, that this period rapid change can have an impact on social emotional wellbeing. There are conditions typically onset during adolescence, examples offered. The term ‘adole...

BACKGROUND Data from a community-based longitudinal study were used to investigate the association between childhood adversities, interpersonal difficulties during adolescence, and suicide attempts during late adolescence or early adulthood. METHODS A community sample of 659 families from Upstate New York was interviewed in 1975, 1983, 1985 to 1986, and 1991 to 1993. During the 1991-1993 inte...

To clarify the developmental brain changes during adolescence, brain morphology was compared between healthy younger adolescent and elder adolescent subjects using both voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and volumetric region-of-interest (ROI) analysis of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). High-resolution three-dimensional MRI scans were acquired in 23 (10 males and 13 females) younger adolescent sub...

Friendship and romantic relationships are central to individual social life. These close relationships become increasingly significant during adolescence and early adulthood, promoting human development and well-being [1]. Despite their importance, there are no equivalent measures for the study of the quality of these different types of close