If I were an academic or research psychologist, and not just an observational one in private practice, I would take a fresh look at identity formation in adolescence. Why? Because I believe how it is ...

It’s graduation season and while we often focus on kindergartners in their tiny caps and gowns, the high school students who have made it through, or the college students ready to embark on their next ...

The process of identity formation delineates the late adolescent's attempt to become a person in her own right. She tries to define who she is and what she hopes to become. [1] Ms. A's history is ...

A new article reveals that parents play concerned, involved, and reflective roles in their children's identity formation. Mainstream belief regarding identity theory tends to portray adolescents as ...

Adolescence is a stage that’s soft, malleable and highly impressionable – like Jell-O (US)/Jelly (UK). Immersive, emotionally resonant learning at this time can leave a lasting imprint.

The average teenager now spends approximately nine hours daily consuming digital media, with social platforms accounting for about one third of that time. This unprecedented level of connectivity ...

Quality of life and interpersonal support among adult patients with cancer undergoing chemotherapy at an academic cancer institute. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Quality Care ...

The brilliant psychoanalyst Erik Erikson coined the term “identity crisis” over 60 years ago to describe the profound psychological challenge faced by adolescents and emerging adults who must figure ...