These results, while adding new insight in the development and functionality of the dopamine system during different stages of adolescence, might provide a neurochemical basis for the greater vulnerability of adolescents to drugs of abuse and for the postulated gateway effect of nicotine and THC ...
Synonyms for ADULTHOOD: maturity, adultness, majority, manhood, womanhood, midlife, heyday, autumn; Antonyms of ADULTHOOD: minority, immaturity, infancy, childhood, adolescence, youth, nonage, babyhood
Etymology Adjective from Latin adultus "having grown up," from adolescere "to grow up" — related to adolescence Medical Definition adult 1 of 2 adjective ə-ˈdəlt ˈad-ˌəlt : fully developed and mature adult 2 of 2 noun 1 : one that has arrived at full development or...
RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook adult (redirected fromEarly adulthood) Dictionary Thesaurus Medical Legal Encyclopedia Adult A person who has reached the age of majority. This age is usually 18, but may be 17 in criminal cases or 21 in other...
The study began with 100 preadolescent children who were followed up into adolescence, with outcomes measured in their 20s and 30s. No difference in the prevalence of schizophrenia was found at the last follow-up phase, with subjects at an average age of 32, but a higher incidence of major...
Social and economic consequences of overweight in adolescence and young adulthood. BACKGROUND AND METHODS: Overweight in adolescents may have deleterious effects on their subsequent self-esteem, social and economic characteristics, and ph... SL Gortmaker,A Must,JM Perrin,... - 《N Engl J Med》...
Synonyms for Early adulthood in Free Thesaurus. Antonyms for Early adulthood. 48 synonyms for adult: grown-up, mature person, person of mature age, grown or grown-up person (man or woman), fully grown, mature, grown-up, of age, ripe... What are synonyms
Sex differences at mid-adolescence were not found in other measures, suggesting that the difference at this age was specific to situations involving choice of novelty. The results are considered in the context of age- and sex-dependent interactions between gonadal hormones and the dopamine system. ...
social and emotional processes, and the interactions among them; n although adolescence is a time of new discoveries and attainments, it is by no means the end of development; n there is some evidence of broad patterns of adult development (perhaps even stages), yet there is also evidence ...
(2017). Personality development in adulthood and old age. In J. Specht (Ed.), Personality development across the lifespan. Elsevier ProQuest Ebook Central. Google Scholar Staudinger, U. M., & Pasupathi, M. (2003). Correlates of wisdom-related performance in adolescence and adulthood: Age-...