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Adolescence is frequently conceptualized as a transitional stage, as a bridge between the emotional and economic dependency of childhood and the autonomy and independence orientation of adulthood. Although this notion of transition is reasonable, it should not lead to the mistaken belief that what occurs during adolescence is unimportant, or no different in kind from what occurs during other developmental periods of the life span. In Western industrialized societies especially, adolescence is a rather lengthy period of preparation wherein the man or woman child is given the opportunity to try on and train for the various roles of adulthood (Hopkins, 1983, p. 9).
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Glidden, L.M., Zetlin, A.G. (1992). Adolescence and Community Adjustment. In: Rowitz, L. (eds) Mental Retardation in the Year 2000. Disorders of Human Learning, Behavior, and Communication. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-9115-9_7
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