Emerging adulthood is increasingly recognised as a distinct developmental period, characterised by prolonged exploration and the gradual assumption of adult roles. This phase, typically spanning the ...

Many youth have heart disease risk factors by their late teens, and preventing or addressing these risks early may reduce the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in the future, according to a ...

The division of life into a series of ages or stages can be found in philosophy as far back as Aristotle and in the arts dating to Shakespeare's As You Like It. In the monologue known as "All the ...

I have spent my career studying a developmental stage called emerging adulthood. It includes people around ages 18 to 29 who are clearly no longer adolescents, but also lack some of the hallmarks of ...

For many emerging adults, graduating high school and/or starting college is the first time in life in which seemingly all aspects of life can change. Moving out of the home, finding new friends, ...