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The peak of adolescence

In this video Tina Kretschmer explains why we can speak of a peak of adolescence in relation with antisocial problems.

Often it is surprising that so many of you indicated that you behaved antisocially in one or more of the mentioned ways in the previous step. You can probably think of a friend or someone nearby that answered ‘yes’ to at least one of the questions. Does this mean that antisocial behaviour is normal and that most people do it every now and then? In the this and the next steps, we will go into this in more detail.

Antisocial behaviour occurs most often among in young people. This phenomenon is called the peak of adolescence. In this video Tina Kretschmer explains why there is a peak of adolescence in antisocial behaviour.

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Young People and Mental Health

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