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  • Developmental Psychology
  • Adolescent Health
  • Public Health

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  • Adolescence (10-24 years) involves significant cognitive, behavioral, and social development.
  • Environmental contexts shift from home-centric to peer and community engagement.
  • Existing frameworks inadequately capture adolescent-specific adversities and their long-term impacts.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To propose a novel framework, Adverse Adolescent Experiences (AAEs), tailored to this developmental stage.
  • To address the gap in systematizing and understanding adolescent-specific adversities.
  • To provide a foundation for research and intervention in adolescent mental health.

Main Methods:

  • Review of current research on adolescent adversity.
  • Adaptation of existing models, such as Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).
  • Application of Bronfenbrenner's ecological systems theory to categorize adversities.

Main Results:

  • The proposed AAEs framework conceptualizes adversities across intrapersonal, interpersonal, community, and societal levels.
  • This approach offers a more nuanced understanding of risks unique to adolescence.
  • The framework facilitates targeted study and intervention strategies.

Conclusions:

  • The AAEs framework enhances the understanding of adolescent adversity.
  • It provides a structured approach to studying the effects of adolescent-specific traumatic experiences.
  • The framework can guide the development of effective prevention and intervention programs for adolescents.