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  • Icenogle, GraceTemple University, Department of Psychology, United States (author)

Adolescents’ cognitive capacity reaches adult levels prior to their psychosocial maturity : Evidence for a "maturity gap" in a multinational, cross-sectional sample

  • Article/chapterEnglish2019

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  • 2019-02
  • American Psychological Association (APA),2019
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  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:hv-13743
  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-13743URI
  • https://doi.org/10.1037/lhb0000315DOI

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  • Language:English
  • Summary in:English

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  • Funders: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, RO1-HD054805
  • All countries distinguish between minors and adults for various legal purposes. Recent U.S. Supreme Court cases concerning the legal status of juveniles have consulted psychological science to decide where to draw these boundaries. However, little is known about the robustness of the relevant research, because it has been conducted largely in the U.S. and other Western countries. To the extent that lawmakers look to research to guide their decisions, it is important to know how generalizable the scientific conclusions are. The present study examines 2 psychological phenomena relevant to legal questions about adolescent maturity: cognitive capacity, which undergirds logical thinking, and psychosocial maturity, which comprises individuals' ability to restrain themselves in the face of emotional, exciting, or risky stimuli. Age patterns of these constructs were assessed in 5,227 individuals (50.7% female), ages 10-30 (M = 17.05, SD = 5.91) from 11 countries. Importantly, whereas cognitive capacity reached adult levels around age 16, psychosocial maturity reached adult levels beyond age 18, creating a "maturity gap" between cognitive and psychosocial development. Juveniles may be capable of deliberative decision making by age 16, but even young adults may demonstrate "immature" decision making in arousing situations. We argue it is therefore reasonable to have different age boundaries for different legal purposes: 1 for matters in which cognitive capacity predominates, and a later 1 for matters in which psychosocial maturity plays a substantial role. © 2019 American Psychological Association.

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  • Steinberg, LaurenceTemple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (author)
  • Duell, NatashaTemple University, Department of Psychology, United States (author)
  • Chein, JasonTemple University, Department of Psychology, United States (author)
  • Chang, LeiUniversity of Macau, Department of Psychology, China (author)
  • Chaudhary, Nanditaady Irwin College, Department of Human Development and Childhood Studies, LUniversity of Delhi, India (author)
  • Di Giunta, LauraRome University La Sapienza, Faculty of Psycholog , Rome, Italy (author)
  • Dodge, Kenneth A.Duke University, Center for Child and Family Policy, Durham, NC, USA (author)
  • Fanti, Kostas A.University of Cyprus, Department of Psychology, Cyprus (author)
  • Lansford, Jennifer E.Duke University, Center for Child and Family Policy, Durham, NC, USA (author)
  • Oburu, PaulMaseno University, Maseno, Kenya (author)
  • Pastorelli, ConcettaUniversità di Roma La Sapienza, Rome, Italy (author)
  • Skinner, Ann T.Duke University, Center for Child and Family Policy, Durham, NC, USA (author)
  • Sorbring, Emma,1972-Högskolan Väst,Avdelningen för psykologi, pedagogik och sociologi,BUV(Swepub:hv)ises (author)
  • Tapanya, SombatChiang Mai University, Department of Psychiatry, Chiang Mai, Thailand (author)
  • Tirado, Liliana Maria UribeUniversidad San Buenaventura,Consultorio Psicologico Popular, Medellín, Colombia (author)
  • Alampay, Liane PeñaAteneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines (author)
  • Al-Hassan, Suha M.Hashemite University, Zarqa, Jordan; Emirates College for Advanced Education (author)
  • Takash, Hanan M. S.Queen Rania Faculty for Childhood, Hashemite University, Jordan (author)
  • Bacchini, DarioUniversity of Naples Federico II, Department of Psychology, Italy (author)
  • Temple University, Department of Psychology, United StatesTemple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA (creator_code:org_t)

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  • In:Law and human behavior: American Psychological Association (APA)43:1, s. 69-850147-73071573-661X

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