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Our nation's youth hold the key to our future well-being. Investing generously in them will create a "more perfect union." That is the central message of this consensus report on the "promise of adolescence" sponsored by the Funders for Adolescent Science Translation, a consortium of foundations that came together with the aim of using science to produce more equitable and positive life outcomes for youth. This report takes its place in a sequence of National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine reports exploring the science of child and adolescent development that began with From Neurons to Neighborhoods, the path-breaking Institute of Medicine study on the science of early childhood development published in 2000. Adolescence--beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20s--is a critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop. These changes in brain structure, function, and connectivity mark adolescence as a period of opportunity to discover new vistas, to form relationships with peers and adults, and to explore one's developing identity. It is also a period of resilience that can ameliorate childhood setbacks and set the stage for a thriving trajectory over the life course. Because adolescents comprise nearly one-fourth of the entire U.S. population, the nation needs policies and practices that will better leverage these developmental opportunities to harness the promise of adolescence--rather than focusing myopically on containing its risks. This report examines the neurobiological and socio-behavioral science of adolescent development and outlines how this knowledge can be applied, both to promote adolescent well-being, resilience, and development, and to rectify structural barriers and inequalities in opportunity, enabling all adolescents to flourish. --

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Church work with youth --- Youth (Christian theology) --- Youth --- Religious life

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This book explores the causes and consequences of the contradictions in young people’s lives stemming from the affluence–purpose paradox: a lack of purpose-in-life among many of those living in the most affluent societies in human history. This paradox is endemic to identity societies where people experience a choice-contingent life course, and is examined using an interdisciplinary approach—largely with an integration of developmental psychology and sociology, but also using historical, anthropological, economic, and political perspectives. The transition to adulthood is now commonly a prolonged process, with young people facing a number of psychological challenges and sociological obstacles in their identity formation. Challenges include difficulties in making prudent choices about goals. Obstacles involve cross-pressures in the wider society as well as in educational institutions. Consequently, many youth experience their education as alienating and stressful rather than as an opportunity for personal development. Those without a sense of purpose have more difficulties with their identity formation that can produce symptoms of anxiety and depression. The current student mental health crisis is examined in this context. An additional challenge is an ambiguously defined adulthood. Young people who are confused about appropriate adult roles often value hedonistic activities rooted in narcissism and materialism rather than in more fulfilling long-term goals. Conversely, those who are agentic in their personal development can thrive in adulthood, especially when they combine agency with generativity. This book ends with a series of recommendations for researchers and policy makers to help youth cope with the affluence–purpose paradox.

Identity (Psychology). --- Youth development. --- Youth --- Social conditions.

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"Desde la edad adulta, Mina recuerda su primera juventud como si se tratara de olvidados fotogramas de una película antigua. Son los recuerdos de una época en la que una inquieta y alborotada Mina se dedicó ilusoriamente a ayudar a los demás como una forma de asumir sus propias carencias. Querer para que me quieran, parece ser su objetivo. Como si su propia existencia estuviera detenida, abocada a un letargo del que intenta salir viviendo la de aquellos que la rodean. En Juventud de cristal Luis Mateo Díez cede la voz narradora a un personaje femenino lleno de matices y conmovedor, que se debate entre el desconcierto de sus impulsos y emociones, y a la que acompañan otros seres entrañables y quiméricos con quienes los límites de la amistad y el amor tienden a desdibujarse. Narrador magistral, dotado de una capacidad extraordinaria para la evocación y un dominio del lenguaje en la mejor herencia de nuestros clásicos, Díez deslumbra en esta novela sobre la juventud, esa etapa de la vida en la que todo es posible pero también frágil, como el cristal de una copa delicada que contuviera la esencia de lo que acabaremos siendo."--Back cover.

Youth --- Women --- Friendship