Many late adolescent young people today are four to six years behind the previous generation in sociological and psychological development.
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What is the criteria for measuring sociological development in late adolescents? (I'm being serious, not trying to be funny.)
I'm not sure (and I don't have the same article in front of me any more).
But in my personal opinion,not everything about this is bad...
If you come across it again, and if you don't mind, how about updating the post. I'm familiar with psychological, mental, physical, and sexual development and the "milestones" an "average" person should be at along the way.
Just not sure where an adolescent should be sociologically. Seems like all the other aspects comprise how one is or relates sociologically, so it doesn't seem like it should be a category of development unto itself.
Just thinking out loud. :)
I'm not sure the actual article would be of much help--it didn't go into much detail, if I remember correctly, but just cited this statistic as one characteristic of today's young people (so that you can minister to/with them effectively).
I'm sure the information came from another study somewhere...you might google it.
To go back to your first response, what did you mean by "in my opinion, not everything about (this statistic) is bad?" What were you intimating?
Actually, it may not be addressing the quote directly...just the idea that you're going to be an adult the rest of your life; maybe it's not inherently bad to spend more time than previous generations studying, traveling, hanging out with friends, etc--more "adolescent" type stuff than mortgages and babies.