Adolescence is a period of dramatic developmental transitions—from puberty-related
changes in hormones, bodies, and brains to an increasingly complex social world. The …

Puberty is a formative transition, marked by a confluence of biological, psychological, and
social challenges. During this stage, youth experience dramatic physical transformations …

How and why are teenagers different from children and adults? A key question concerns the
ways in which pubertal development shapes psychological changes in adolescence directly …

Adolescence is a time of dramatic changes including rapid physical growth, the onset of
sexual maturation, the activation of new drives and motivations, and a wide array of social …

Adolescence is a time of dramatic physical, cognitive, emotional, and social changes as well
as a time for the development of many social–emotional problems. These characteristics …

The onset of adolescence, and more specifically the advent of pubertal maturation,
represents a key developmental window for understanding the emergence of …

Early pubertal maturation has been identified as a potential risk factor for internalizing and
externalizing problems during adolescence. However, questions about the mechanisms that …

Evidence from longitudinal studies suggests that adolescence may represent a period of
vulnerability that, in the context of adverse events, could contribute to developmental …

This article introduces and summarizes the goals of the symposium. It also provides an
overview of a conceptual framework for understanding adolescence, which emphasizes how …

Phoenix, Goy, Gerall, and Young first proposed in 1959 the organizational–activational
hypothesis of hormone-driven sex differences in brain and behavior. The original hypothesis …