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Contents
- 1. Adolescence as a life stage
- 2. Puberty—body and brain changes
- 3. Formal operational thought, moral development, and identity
- 4. Relationship changes—parents and peers
- 5. Youth culture—leisure pursuits and the cyberworld
- 6. Risk-taking, antisocial behaviour, and delinquency
- 7. Internalizing disorders and adolescent mental health
- 8. Sexual and romantic development, early parenthood, and emerging adulthood