Although no unified definition exists, there is broad agreement on three components of empathy (Decety, Jackson 2004): 1  An affective response to another person. 2  A cognitive capacity to take the perspective of the other person.  Some regulatory mechanisms that keep track of the origins of self- and other feelings.
Adolescence, transitional phase of growth and development between childhood and adulthood. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines an adolescent as any person between ages 10 and 19. This age range falls within WHOâs definition of young people, which refers to individuals between ages 10 and 24.
Early adolescence begins the separation from childhood and the desire to act more grown up. Puberty, the development of sexual maturity that usually starts unfolding during the early adolescent years, complicates the search for an older identity as the journey to young manhood and young womanhood also begins.