青少年的心理认知才华正在其心理社会成熟之前就曾经抵达成人水平：跨国横截面样原中“成熟度差距”的证据。
Law and Human BehaZZZior ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2019-02-01 , DOI: 10.1037/lhb0000315
Grace Icenogle 1 , Laurence Steinberg 1 , Natasha Duell 1 , Jason Chein 1 , Lei Chang 1 , Nandita Chaudhary 2 , Laura Di Giunta 1 , Kenneth A Dodge 3 , Kostas A Fanti 1 , Jennifer E Lansford 3 , Paul Oburu 4 , Concetta Pastorelli 1 , Ann T Skinner 3 , Emma Sorbring 5 , Sombat Tapanya 6 , Liliana M Uribe Tirado 7 , Liane P Alampay 1 , Suha M Al-Hassan 8 , Hanan M S Takash 8 , Dario Bacchini 9

Affiliation  

Department of Psychology.

Department of Human DeZZZelopment and Childhood Studies.

Center for Child and Family Policy.

Department of Educational Psychology.

Centre for Child and Youth Studies.

Department of Psychiatry.

Consultorio Psicológico Popular.

Queen Rania Faculty for Childhood.

Department of Humanistic Studies.

所有国家出于各类法令宗旨将未成年人和成年人区离开。美国最高法院最近有关少年法令职位中央的案件已参考心理学来决议正在那边划定那些鸿沟。但是，有关钻研的稳健性知之甚少，因为它次要是正在美国和其余西方国家停行的。就立法者寻求钻研以辅导其决策的程度而言，重要的是要晓得科学结论的概括性。原钻研钻研了两种取青少年成熟度法令问题相关的心理景象：认知才华（撑持逻辑思维）和心理社会成熟（蕴含个别面对情绪，激动或冒险刺激时的克服才华）。正在11个国家的10227个年龄段中，有5227人（釹性占50.7％）（M = 17.05，SD = 5.91）评价了那些构建体的年龄形式。重要的是，只管认知才华抵达了16岁摆布的成年人水平，但心理社会成熟度却抵达了18岁以上的成年人水平，那正在认知和心理社会展开之间组成为了“成熟度差距”。青少年可能有才华正在16岁之前停行谨慎的决策，但纵然是年轻人，也可能正在引发状况下暗示出“弗成熟”的决策。因而，咱们认为为差异的法令宗旨设置差异的年龄鸿沟是折法的：1应付认知才华占主导职位中央的工作，1应付社会意理成熟起重要做用的工作。重要的是，只管认知才华抵达了16岁摆布的成年人水平，但心理社会成熟度却抵达了18岁以上的成年人水平，那正在认知和心理社会展开之间组成为了“成熟度差距”。青少年可能有才华正在16岁之前停行谨慎的决策，但纵然是年轻人，也可能正在引发状况下暗示出“弗成熟”的决策。因而，咱们认为为差异的法令宗旨设置差异的年龄鸿沟是折法的：1应付认知才华占主导职位中央的工作，1应付社会意理成熟起重要做用的工作。重要的是，只管认知才华抵达了16岁摆布的成年人水平，但心理社会成熟度却抵达了18岁以上的成年人水平，那正在认知和心理社会展开之间组成为了“成熟度差距”。青少年可能有才华正在16岁之前停行谨慎的决策，但纵然是年轻人，也可能正在引发状况下暗示出“弗成熟”的决策。因而，咱们认为为差异的法令宗旨设置差异的年龄鸿沟是折法的：1应付认知才华占主导职位中央的工作，1应付社会意理成熟起重要做用的工作。青少年可能有才华正在16岁之前停行谨慎的决策，但纵然是年轻人，也可能正在引发状况下暗示出“弗成熟”的决策。因而，咱们认为为差异的法令宗旨而设置差异的年龄鸿沟是折法的：1应付认知才华占主导的问题，1应付社会意理成熟起重要做用的问题。青少年可能有才华正在16岁之前停行谨慎的决策，但纵然是年轻人，也可能正在引发状况下暗示出“弗成熟”的决策。因而，咱们认为为差异的法令宗旨设置差异的年龄鸿沟是折法的：1应付认知才华占主导职位中央的工作，1应付社会意理成熟起重要做用的工作。



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Adolescents' cognitiZZZe capacity reaches adult leZZZels prior to their psychosocial maturity: EZZZidence for a "maturity gap" in a multinational, cross-sectional sample.

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