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Overview of adolescent development

In this video, we will take a look at the social and emotional development of adolescents.

Now that we have discussed the key developmental tasks that are part of adolescence, we need to ask ourselves: how does experiencing the stress of crisis affect these developmental tasks. In the next step you will find a short article that provides an overview of how crises affect adolescent development, especially the four developmental tasks.

References
– Ross, K. M., Kim, H., Tolan, P. H., & Jennings, P. A. (2019). An exploration of normative social and emotional skill growth trajectories during adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 62(June 2018), 102–115.
– Savina, E., & Wan, K. P. (2017). Cultural pathways to socio-emotional development and learning. Journal of Relationships Research, 8, 1–9.
– Yeager, D. S. (2017). Social-emotional learning programs for adolescents. The Future of Children, 27(1).
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