CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES TO UNDERSTANDING THE YOUTH CRISIS: PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES AND MODELS

Abstract

The issue of the youth crisis occupies a central place in the development of developmental psychology, as it is precisely during this period that a wide range of personal, emotional, and social-role transformations are concentrated, characterized not only by their dynamism but also by their conflict-generating nature.

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