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Young adults

Navigating multidimensional obstacles: a comparison between young and older adults and among obstacles

Ashlyn M. Jendro, Hope M. Looper, Tiphanie E. Raffegeau, Abigail C. Schmitt

published 20 Feb 2026

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Lifestyle factors associated with pre-metabolic syndrome in young adults: A cross-sectional study of annual health examinations in university students

Haruka Arimori, Akie Moriuchi, Masakazu Kobayashi, Shimpei Morimoto, Seiko Nakamichi, Atsushi Kawakami, Norio Abiru

published 11 Feb 2026

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Design-a-scientist avatar: A new tool for analyzing gender and racial scientist stereotypes

Angelina Joy, Channing J. Mathews, Kelly Lynn Mulvey, Adam Hartstone-Rose

published 11 Feb 2026

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Sources of information on HIV/AIDS used by adolescents and young people: A scoping review protocol

Vanessa Carla do Nascimento Gomes Brito, Luzia Cibele de Souza Maximiano, Fernanda Belmiro de Andrade, Rogeria Moreira de Abrantes, Yenifer Lizeth Gañan Rojas, Jocellem Alves de Medeiros, Raissa Martins de Andrade, Elanna Nayele de Freitas Costa, Samuel da Silva Guedes, Beatriz de Oliveira Fernandes Felipe, Alexsandra Rodrigues Feijão

published 10 Feb 2026

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Debunking misleading graphs effectively: How vocationally educated young adults perceive graphs

Winnifred Wijnker, Peter Burger, Ionica Smeets, Sanne Willems

published 09 Feb 2026

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Systematic review of lung function assessment among youth and young adults e-cigarette users: Current tools and emerging methods

Nirul Isamuddin Nasir, Mohd Hasni Ja’afar, Norfazilah Ahmad

published 06 Feb 2026

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Relationships among fertility concerns, fear of cancer recurrence, social support, self-efficacy, and family resilience among Chinese adolescents and young adults with cancer: A structural equation modeling

YuQiao Xiao, Can Gu, Li Liu, XiaoRou Zeng

published 02 Feb 2026

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Mating suppresses sperm-dependent male avoidance in C. elegans hermaphrodites

Satoshi Suo

published 27 Jan 2026

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Social inclusion among young adults with mental illness and complex needs in Flexible Assertive Community Treatment: A qualitative study on team staff’s understanding and experiences

Silje Nord-Baade, Ottar Ness, Michael Rowe, Camilla Bergsve Jensen, Anne Landheim

published 23 Jan 2026

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The role of sex education in withdrawal use: Prevalence and correlates among a nationally representative sample of adolescents and young adults

John L. Ferrand, Arthur H. Owora, Alexandra T. Hughes-Wegner, Eric R. Walsh-Buhi

published 16 Jan 2026

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Prevalence and predictors of PTSD and low resilience symptoms among subscribers of the MoreGoodDays supportive text messaging program: A cross-sectional study

Belinda Agyapong, Reham Shalaby, Ejemai Eboreime, Katherine Hay, Rachal Pattison, Mark Korthuis, Vincent Israel Opoku Agyapong

published 09 Jan 2026

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A qualitative study of same session co-use of nicotine and cannabis among adolescents and young adults

Danielle R. Davis, Dana A. Cavallo, Krysten W. Bold, Meghan E. Morean, Grace Kong, Wei Li, Vanessa Ponte, Nicholas Franco, Sarah Lichenstein, Suchitra Krishnan-Sarin

published 07 Jan 2026

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Spatial distribution and determinants of fertility preferences among female adolescents and young adults in Ethiopia

Melaku Birhanu Alemu, Zohra S. Lassi, Samrawit Birhanu Alemu, Ammar Bishaw Ebrahim, Daniel Gashaneh Belay, Gizachew A. Tessema

published 06 Jan 2026

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