As academic pressure intensifies for adolescents worldwide, educators and parents face a familiar dilemma: Should schools give students more autonomy to support motivation and well-being, or does ...

The transition to adulthood is critical but often misunderstood. As societal and economic changes have created new demands and challenges for young people, particularly those in the 18- to 25-year-old ...

Researchers from Kyushu University discovered a previously unrecognized synaptic "hotspot" that forms during adolescence, challenging the long-held view that adolescent brain development was dominated ...

Adolescent athletes have specific developmental risks for sports injury and the onset of mental health problems. Research has ...

Adolescence is widely thought to be a time when the brain trims away excess neural connections, refining circuits through synaptic pruning. New research now suggests this view may be incomplete.

Experts are warning that authoritarian parenting—marked by strict rules and little warmth—can harm children’s self-esteem and emotional regulation, especially during puberty. Research highlights that ...