ReviewFrontiers in endocrinology2019
Emerging Adulthood, a Pre-adult Life-History Stage.
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62 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Dietary Carotenoid Intake, Gut Microbial Diversity, and Community Composition in Latino Emerging Adults.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- Factors Associated with Intention to Use Digital Mental Health Interventions Among AANHPI Emerging Adults in the United States: Application of the Seeking Mental Health Care Model.Research square · 2026Article
- Why do we fall in love with idols: a qualitative study on motivational changes in the process of idol worship among Chinese adolescents and young adults.BMC psychology · 2026Article
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- Posttraumatic stress symptoms and posttraumatic stress disorder in adolescents exposed to continuous traumatic stress in Sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- Time Spent on Social Media Applications in Relation to Depressive Symptoms During Emerging Adulthood and the Mediating Role of Sleep Quality: Cross-Sectional Observational Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2025Observational
- Prevalence and Risk Factors of Post-Extraction Complications in a Western Australian Tertiary Dental Hospital: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study.Australian dental journal · 2025Article
- Stressors, mental health and coping amongst forcibly displaced youth since the advent of COVID-19: A systematic review.Developmental child welfare · 2025Review
- Thirty-Year Glycemic Trajectories From Young Adulthood Through Middle Age.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- "I Felt Like There Was Something Wrong in My Brain": Growing Up with Trauma - How Young People Conceptualise, Self-Manage and Seek Help for Mental Health Problems.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2025Article
- Transcriptome-Wide Insights: Neonatal Lactose Intolerance Promotes Telomere Damage, Senescence, and Cardiomyopathy in Adult Rat Heart.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
- Relationship Between Food Addiction, Night Eating Syndrome and Depression Level in University Students and Affecting Factors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Türkiye.Food science & nutrition · 2025Article
- Applying the nominal group technique to determine emerging stressors related to youth mental health: findings from a multi-country stakeholder consensus-building exercise.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
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- Perceptions of Adulthood and Mental Health.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
The duration of human maturation has been underestimated; an additional 4-6-year pre-adult period of "emerging adulthood," should be included in models of human maturation. It is a period of brain maturation, learning about intimacy and mutual support, intensification of pre-existing friendships, family-oriented socialization, and the attainment of those social skills that are needed for mating and reproduction. We propose that emerging adulthood is a life-history stage that is a foundation of the high reproductive success of human beings. The period of emerging adulthood has an evolutionary context and developmental markers, and we present evidence that supports the idea that emerging adults require protection because they are still learning and maturing.
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