Who is an adolescent??

Question

Who is an adolescent??

Answer 1

A teenager????...13-19?

Answer 2

A teenager, as in halfway between child and adult.

Answer 3

He is a future adult who has to grow but he think he already grown.

Answer 4

Me

Answer 5

this is not determined by age as others report.

Adolescence is the period between childhood and adulthood. It's not entirely a black and white concept:

The beginning of adolescence is the beginning of puberty. This is pretty cleat, though of course not the same age in all people and the exact onset could be defined in multiple ways. (there is a good quote expressing the uncertainty here: http://www.answers.com/topic/adolescence...

The end of adolescence is maturity, or adulthood. This is much less clear as this can be defined in a number of ways.

Biologically - though this is unclear as there isn't really an physical process that identifies the "end" of development.

Sexually - ie. that adolescence ends with intercourse, but this may not be so sensible in our current culture.

Legally - at the age that you are legally an adult.

The most accepted definition among psychologists today is socially - when you reach (financial) independence and begin your role in society as an individual (whatever that means). Under this idea non-college-goers generally reach adulthood at 18 and college-goers at 22 or 23. But of course there is no absolute.

sorry it's vague, but it is.

Answer 6

An Adolescent is nothing but the age between 13 to 19 years of younger generations.(teen denotes from thirteen to nineteen years only but not others.  

Answer 7

me...almost! lookin forward to it ;)