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Fast Facts About Supporting Adolescents Five Years After COVID
November 21, 2025 | Filed in: Fact SheetIn this CDA resource, we provide fast facts about how the COVID pandemic impacted youth and why early adolescence offers an opportunity to shape positive trajectories for young people even after earlier challenges.
Fall 2025 Research Roundup
October 21, 2025 | Filed in: Research Roundup | STEPS for Youth | Mental Health | Adversity, Bias, & DiscriminationThis roundup highlights recent research about adolescent development that showcases the importance of adaptive risk taking, how close relationships with parents can support mental health, how practitioners can best support LGBTQ+ youth, and how early support in high school can promote positive outcomes later in life.
Supporting Healthy Development in Adolescents from Immigrant Families
October 16, 2025 | Filed in: Fact Sheet | BriefIn this CDA resource, we provide information about the unique characteristics, experiences, and developmental needs of adolescents from immigrant families, and provide research-based recommendations on how to best support this population.
Summer Research Roundup
July 10, 2025 | Filed in: Research Roundup | STEPS for Youth | Education | Adversity, Bias, & DiscriminationThis roundup provides an overview of the new research into adolescent development, including how neighborhoods affect sleep, the link between prosocial behavior and school performance, the role of location in racial discrimination, and the impact of specific types of adversity on brain development.
16 to 25: Building Pathways toward a Thriving Adulthood
May 7, 2025 | Filed in: Fact SheetThis fact sheet provides a scientific overview of later adolescence, the ages between 16 and 25, and offers specific ways to support key developmental needs during this stage of development.
Spring 2025 Research Roundup
March 19, 2025 | Filed in: Research Roundup | STEPS for Youth | Community Engagement | Mental Health | Adversity, Bias, & DiscriminationThis roundup provides an overview of recent research into adolescent development, highlighting the role of family relationships, sleep, adverse childhood experiences, and neighborhood characteristics in brain development and mental health.
Our Commitment to the Science of Adolescence
March 10, 2025The Center for the Developing Adolescent was founded on the belief that knowledge from the developmental science of adolescence can help us improve the lives of young people. Our nation and broader global community are experiencing a period of rapid policy and economic changes. In this time of swift actions and reactions, we remain committed to continuing our Center’s core work: to share what we…
5 Fast Facts About Peer Relationships and Friendships During Adolescence
February 27, 2025 | Filed in: Fact SheetThis fact sheet provides research-based facts about the importance and impact of friendships and peer relationships during adolescence.
Announcing the UCLA Center for the Developing Adolescent’s 2024 Annual Report
February 24, 2025Our 2024 annual report highlights impact, research, news, and projects over the past year of working to improve adolescent health, education, and well-being through developmental science
Winter 2024 Research Roundup
December 17, 2024 | Filed in: Research Roundup | STEPS for Youth | Community Engagement | Mental Health | Adversity, Bias, & DiscriminationThis roundup provides an overview of recent research about adolescent development that examined the importance of parents’ ethnic-racial identity, the benefits of a mindfulness intervention, the link between agency and sense of purpose, the association between brain development and resilience to stress, and the link between heart rate variability and mental health.