Are Adolescents Less Mature Than Adults? Minors' Access to Abortion, the Juvenile Death Penalty, and the Alleged APA "Flip-Flop"

American Psychologist

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 583-594

  Steinberg, Laurence ^a   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^b   Woolard, Jennifer ^c   Graham, Sandra ^d   Banich, Marie ^e  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

abortion; adolescents; APA; juvenile death penalty; Supreme Court

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INDUCED ABORTION; INTELLIGENCE; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; PUNISHMENT; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CAPITAL PUNISHMENT; CHILD; COGNITION; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651144112     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014763     Document Type: Article

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