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late-adolecence

A Whole New Life: Leaving the Comforts of Home

Adolescent Egocentricism and Cognitive Functioning During Late Adolescence

Boys Seeking to Act Like Men

Junior Highers Have More Fun: similarities to college-age people

Let the Search Begin: back to square one

Missing Both Ends: Adolescence Changes Youth Ministry

Self definition in Late Adolescence

Self Perception In Late Adolescence - an interactive perspective

Why 25 is New 15

late adolescence

A Whole New Life: Leaving the Comforts of Home
This article walks graduating seniors through leaving high school and gives them practical steps for adjusting to college life...

Adolescent Egocentricism and Cognitive Functioning During Late Adolescence
This article is about how mid-adolescents view themselves, but a surprising find was that college freshman girls were having the same issue...

Boys Seeking to Act Like Men
An article looking at the struggle young men are facing with figuring out what masculinity really looks like...

Junior Highers Have More Fun: similarities to college-age people
An article describing how College-age people are similar to Jr. Highers, by Chuck Bomar

Let the Search Begin: back to square one
An article that gives insights into the identity crisis of the university world...

Missing Both Ends: Adolescence Changes Youth Ministry
"We just don’t have many college students in our church" is something I hear often. We didn’t either until we had something for them. I mean, how many middle school students would be involved in your church if you had no middle school ministry?"

Self definition in Late Adolescence
An in-depth research project on self definition in late adolescence.

Self Perception In Late Adolescence - an interactive perspective
An in-depth scientific approach finds some interesting things about how late adolescents perceive themselves.

Why 25 is New 15
Increasingly, young people are not making it out on their own in the way they used to in generations past. Here is a simple statistic: The average [U.S.] college senior is in touch with their parents more than 13 times a week. And it's not because they have such close relationships. It's because they're getting help - from picking courses to editing papers to parents reminding them of deadlines.