Empathy, the ability to understand and share the feelings of others, is a crucial aspect of human social interaction. Parents and educators often wonder how teenagers develop this essential skill and ...

Expanding knowledge of brain and child development, along with growing evidence regarding effective interventions to improve outcomes for children, youth, and families, led the National Academies of ...

A study of adolescents in Australia found that higher emotional intelligence is associated with higher subjective and ...

Human emotional development is deeply embedded in social and cultural contexts, yet much of our scientific understanding is ...

San Juan Capistrano, California / Syndication Cloud / January 18, 2026 / Mission Prep Adolescence is a formative stage ...

What Is Social and Emotional Development? There are five major social and emotional “issues” that teens deal with during their adolescent years. These include: Establishing an identity. This has been ...

Experiences of early adversity due to poverty, abuse, and neglect are known to interfere with children's cognitive and emotional development. Recent research in Psychological Science expands on past ...

Circadian misalignment in adolescents is linked to structural changes in brain regions that regulate emotional processing and cognitive function.

Scientists have discovered that the adolescent brain does more than prune old connections. During the teen years, it actively ...