Gaining autonomy through decision-making

Thursday, March 25, 2010 - 06:42 in Psychology & Sociology

Decision making within families is an important way for young people to gain independence and responsibility, and adolescence is a time of increasing autonomy. A new longitudinal study concludes that teens have more say in certain areas than in others and that some teens have more autonomy than others...

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