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Concept Analysis Of Impressionability Among Adolescents And Young Adults, Seok Hyun Gwon Jan 2018

Concept Analysis Of Impressionability Among Adolescents And Young Adults, Seok Hyun Gwon

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Aim: To report a concept analysis of impressionability among adolescents and young adults.

Background: Adolescence and young adulthood are critical periods to establish health behaviour. Environmental determinants are associated with youth health risk behaviours. These populations are impressionable to a range of social and physical environmental factors.

Design: Concept analysis.

Methods: We selected 17 studies to review from Psych INFO, ERIC, MEDLINE, and Google Scholar as well as the University of Virginia library. We did not apply date limits. We included search terms: “adolescent”; “youth”; “young adult”; “impressionability”; and “impressionable.”

Results: The defining attributes of impressionability …