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*1: the [[state]] or [[process]] of [[growing]] up

*1: the [[state]] or [[process]] of [[growing]] up

*2: the period of life from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty puberty] to [[maturity]] terminating legally at the age of [[majority]]

*2: the period of life from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty puberty] to [[maturity]] terminating legally at the age of [[majority]]

*3: a [[stage]] of [[development]] (as of a [[language]] or [[culture]]) prior to maturity  

*3: a [[stage]] of [[development]] (as of a [[language]] or [[culture]]) prior to maturity

 

 

 

==Description==

==Description==

'''Adolescence''' (from [[Latin]]: adolescere [[meaning]] "to grow up")  is a [[transitional]] [[stage]] of [[physical]] and [[mental]] [[human]] [[development]] generally occurring between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty puberty] and legal adulthood (age of majority), but largely characterized as beginning and ending with the teenage stage. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Erikson Erik Erikson]'s [[stages]] of [[human]] [[development]], for example, a [[Youth|young adult]] is generally a [[person]] between the ages of 20 and 40, whereas an adolescent is a [[person]] between the ages of 13 and 19. Historically, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty puberty] has been heavily associated with teenagers and the onset of adolescent development. However, the start of puberty has had somewhat of an increase in preadolescence (particularly [[females]], as seen with early and precocious puberty), and adolescence has had an occasional extension beyond the teenage years (typically [[males]]) compared to previous [[generations]]. These changes have made it more [[difficult]] to rigidly define the time frame in which adolescence occurs.

'''Adolescence''' (from [[Latin]]: adolescere [[meaning]] "to grow up")  is a [[transitional]] [[stage]] of [[physical]] and [[mental]] [[human]] [[development]] generally occurring between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty puberty] and legal adulthood (age of majority), but largely characterized as beginning and ending with the teenage stage. According to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Erikson Erik Erikson]'s [[stages]] of [[human]] [[development]], for example, a [[Youth|young adult]] is generally a [[person]] between the ages of 20 and 40, whereas an adolescent is a [[person]] between the ages of 13 and 19. Historically, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty puberty] has been heavily associated with teenagers and the onset of adolescent development. However, the start of puberty has had somewhat of an increase in preadolescence (particularly [[females]], as seen with early and precocious puberty), and adolescence has had an occasional extension beyond the teenage years (typically [[males]]) compared to previous [[generations]]. These changes have made it more [[difficult]] to rigidly define the time frame in which adolescence occurs.