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*1Saudi Arabia 2Thailand 3Jamaica 4Canada* 

**Adolescent Psychosocial Development** 

**and Evaluation: Global Perspectives** 

*and King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh,* 

*3Department of Child Health, University of the West Indies, Mona, 4Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto,* 

Adolescence is a product of the modern world. It has developed into a distinct stage of life as a result of a shift in many societies requiring a highly trained work force. When this is not needed, young people usually acquire skills needed to work as they grow up. As they go through puberty, they acquire additional responsibilities, usually with the oversight of parents or in apprenticeship to others outside of the family. Young women usually marry close to the time of the onset of fertility. However, with increasing education needs, there is an increasing gap between physical maturation and the ability to take on adult responsibilities. Young people who join the workforce early can be at a disadvantage compared to those who can complete more education. Young women have increasing control over their fertility in these

These factors lead to a cohort of young people who have adult bodies without having adult responsibilities. They have the luxury of time to contemplate, to take risks, and to define themselves in new ways. All of this has led to the phenomenon of adolescence, which

This is not to say that adolescent development has not previously existed; it is rather that societies' awareness of this developmental stage of life has only recently emerged or been modified because of the societal changes that have occurred and the effects of globalization. As a definable period of adolescence is created in a society, it is accompanied by new societal issues—children separating emotionally from their parents while still being reliant

societies, which also gives them these extra years to become more educated.

encompasses and goes beyond the physical changes of puberty.

**1. Introduction** 

Fadia AlBuhairan1, Rosawan Areemit2, Abigail Harrison3 and Miriam Kaufman4

*1Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz Medical City* 

*2Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen,* 
