There are predictable “tasks” or processes that are associated with healthy adolescent development, depending on the adolescent phase. As adolescents progress through developmental phases and tasks, ...

A and B, t-statistic values from linear mixed-effects models for associations between greenspace exposure and T2 cortical thickness (A), T2 surface area (B), change in cortical thickness change (C) ...

Depression is a mental health condition that affects 280 million people worldwide. It is twice as common in women than men and this pattern starts to develop during adolescence. Researchers have ...

A new study reveals that aggressive behavior during early teenage years can signal accelerated biological aging later in life. Researchers followed 121 participants from age 13 to 30 and found that ...

A new study published in Translational Psychiatry has found that adolescents who experienced the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns show significant differences in stress-related biological ...

Anxiety remains one of the most diagnosed clinical symptoms in adolescence and is a potent precursor to and exacerbator of substance use disorder. In their new $3.8-million study entitled ...

The study of risk has generally been partitioned into separate research categories—divided both by subject (particular types of behaviors) and by academic discipline—committee chair Laurence Steinberg ...

Empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, is a crucial aspect of human social interaction. Parents and educators often wonder how teenagers develop this essential skill and ...