Related Experiment Video
Updated: Feb 18, 2026

Author Spotlight: Understanding Adolescent Social Adversity Effects on Neurodevelopment in Mice
Published on: March 15, 2024
Research on Adolescence in the Twenty-First Century
Robert Crosnoe1, Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson2
1Department of Sociology and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712.
Abstract:
Recent methodological advances have allowed empirical research on adolescence to do better justice to theoretical models. Organized by a life course framework, this review covers the state of contemporary research on adolescents' physical, psychological, interpersonal, and institutional pathways; how these pathways connect within primary ecological contexts; and how they relate to broader patterns of societal stratification and historical change. Looking forward, it also emphasizes three future challenges/opportunities, including efforts to illuminate biosocial processes, link adolescence to other life stages, and account for the influence of major social changes (e.g., the new media).
Related Concept Videos
Cognitive Development During Adolescence
Revisionist Views of Adolescent and Adult Cognition
Erikson's Theory on Socioemotional Development during Adolescence
Emerging Adulthood
Influence of Parents and Peers on Identity
Parental Influence on Identity Development
Parents serve as primary guides and managers in an adolescent's life, offering support instrumental in decision-making and personal growth....
Ethnic Identity within a Larger Culture

