SVIJET MLADIH: IZAZOV ZA CRKVU I DRUŠTVO
THE WORLD OF YOUNG PEOPLE: A CHALLENGE TO THE CHURCH AND THE SOCIETY

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the legal, demographic and psychological determination of the Croatian youth, aiming at a precise acquaintance with the target population and the identification of the upper age limit of a young person. From the legal point of view the age limit of a young person is not determined unilaterally and increases chronologically. A concise demographic analysis points towards the unfavorable current situation and trends among the young population defined as the age between 15 and 29. The developmental and psychological theories and insights do not recognize the young population as such whereas they make a distinction between adolescents and young adults. In a striving to examine and consider all the relevant factors and requirements of working with youth, the author endeavors to give a brief presentation of the most significant characteristics of the adolescent and young/early adult age, based on the insights of the standard developmental and psychological literature: biological/physical, intellectual, moral, emotional, social and the individual in the narrow sense.

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