title: Comments on defining adolescence.
abstract: Aspects of a definition for two characteristics of adolescence, being capable of doing something or not and having the right to do it, are proposed since adolescence is a period when a person is capable of but without the right to do something.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Education, Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan.
authors.forename: Jiro
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Orukibich
authors.forename: Kenta
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nassaw
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mori
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D000328:Adult; D005197:Famous Persons; D006801:Humans; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent; D012919:Social Behavior