Adult
hideThe term adult has at least three distinct meanings. It can indicate a biologically grown or mature person. It may also mean a plant, animal, or person who has reached full growth or alternatively is capable of reproduction, or the classification legal adult, generally determined as a person who has attained the legally fixed age of majority; as opposed to a minor.
Adulthood can be defined in biology, psychological adult development, law, personal character, or social status. These different aspects of adulthood are often inconsistent and contradictory. A person may be biologically an adult, and have adult behavior but still be treated as a child if they are under the legal age of majority. Conversely one may legally be an adult but possess none of the maturity and responsibility that define adult character.
Coming of age is an event; passing a series of tests to demonstrate the child is prepared for adulthood; or reaching a specified age, sometimes in conjunction with demonstrating preparation. Most modern societies determine legal adulthood based on reaching a legally-specified age without requiring a demonstration of physical maturity or preparation for adulthood.
Some propose that moving into adulthood involves an emotional structuring of denial, suggesting this process becomes necessary to cope with one's own behavior, especially in uncomfortable situations, and also the behavior of others.
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News tagged with adulthood
Study finds link between childhood physical abuse and arthritis
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Adults who had experienced physical abuse as children have 56 per cent higher odds of osteoarthritis compared to those who have not been abused, according to a new study by University of Toronto researchers.
Educate yourself to boost achievement in kids
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Aug 06, 2009 |
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With school days just around the corner, a University of Michigan researcher has some advice for parents who want to increase their children's academic success.
Can children outgrow chronic daily headache?
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Jul 15, 2009 |
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Most children who suffer from chronic daily headache may outgrow the disabling condition, according to research published in the July 15, 2009, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neu ...
Adult brain can change within seconds
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Jul 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The human brain can adapt to changing demands even in adulthood, but MIT neuroscientists have now found evidence of it changing with unsuspected speed. Their findings suggest that the brain has a network ...
Early-life experience linked to chronic diseases later in life
Jul 14, 2009 |
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People's early-life experience sticks with them into adulthood and may render them more susceptible to many of the chronic diseases of aging, according to a new UBC study.
Childhood obesity link to parents
Jul 13, 2009 |
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The relationships between children and their parent of the same gender in the earliest years of life could be the key to understanding why some young people become obese and others do not, new research conducted by the EarlyBird ...
Study finds strong relationship between high body mass index, pancreatic cancer
Jun 23, 2009 |
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In reviewing the weight history of pancreatic cancer patients across their life spans, researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have determined that a high body mass index in early adulthood may ...
Adolescents who think that they are overweight are at increased risk of suicide attempts
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May 19, 2009 |
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Multiple social factors, including discrimination and harassment, may contribute to an increased risk of suicidal feelings among adolescents who feel that they are overweight, a Georgia State University researcher says.
Still irritating after all these years: Study of adult children and parents
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May 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The majority of parents and adult children experience some tension and aggravation with one another, a new study says.
Research shows wide age gap between possible and actual autism diagnosis (w/Video)
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May 04, 2009 |
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"Timely identification and diagnosis of an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can impact a child's development and is the key to opening the door to the services and therapies available to children with autism," says Paul Shattuck, ...
Adolescents hold differing views on civic and political activity
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Apr 29, 2009 |
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The record numbers of young people who took part in last year's presidential election, along with high schools' raised expectations that students participate in community service, have led to growing research on teens' civic ...
Cognitive decline begins in late 20s, study suggests
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Mar 20, 2009 |
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A new study indicates that some aspects of peoples' cognitive skills - such as the ability to make rapid comparisons, remember unrelated information and detect relationships - peak at about the age of 22, and then begin a ...
Teenage stress has implications for adult health
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Most of us remember our teenage years with a mix of fondness and relief. Fondness for the good memories, and relief that all that teenage stress, angst and drama — first love, gossip, SATs, fights with parents — is behind ...
Too much TV linked to future fast-food intake
Jan 30, 2009 |
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High-school kids who watch too much TV are likely to have bad eating habits five years in the future. Research published in BioMed Central's open access International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity follow ...
The un-favorite child
Jan 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- “Mom always liked you best.” The Smothers Brothers aside, chances are if you’ve got a sibling, this is something you’ve either heard or said at some point in your life. Many people feel that ...
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