young adulthood
collocation in Englishmeaningsofyoungandadulthood
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young
adjective
uk/jʌŋ/us/jʌŋ/
having lived or existed for only a short time and ...
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adulthood
noun[U]
uk/ˈæd.ʌlt.hʊd/us/ˈæd.ʌlt.hʊd/
the part of someone's life when they are ...
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(Definition ofyoungandadulthoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Adolescence andyoungadulthoodis a time of enormous change.
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The persistence of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder intoyoungadulthoodas a function of reporting source and definition of disorder.
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Parental neglect during childhood and increased risk of obesity inyoungadulthood.
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We have reported evidence for associations with outcomes duringyoungadulthood.
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Findings concerning the direct effect of coping on substance use inyoungadulthoodare more mixed.
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Theyoungadulthoodinterviews were conducted via one on one interviews either in the subjects' home or at the host institute of the investigators.
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Thus, the synaptic architecture that characterizes any one individual's brain does not stabilize untilyoungadulthood.
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Finally, the regression predicting dissociation inyoungadulthoodshould be mentioned.
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Self-reported positive activity involvement was also associated with being younger and with more frequent heavy drinking inyoungadulthood.
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The current data also point to the agegraded nature of heavy drinking and its different developmental implications in adolescence andyoungadulthood.
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Both sets of problems predicted low acceptance by peers inyoungadulthood.
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Furthermore, becoming divorced resulted in increases in drinking, suggesting that the effects of marital dissolution duringyoungadulthoodare important.
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However, the current study showed that there is also remarkable continuity of risk and dysfunction from adolescence toyoungadulthood.
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Theyoungadulthoodinterviews were conducted via one-on-one interviews either in the subjects' home or at the host institute of the investigators.
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On average, the depressive symptoms of the youths tended to decrease slightly as they reachedyoungadulthood.
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These studies consequently could not address how boys' depressive symptoms develop throughout adolescence andyoungadulthood.
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This finding appears to suggest that there may be greater continuity of internalizing problems than externalizing problems as adolescents move intoyoungadulthood.
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The stress of the developmental transition toyoungadulthoodmay, in par t, be defined with respect to new roles.
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