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Juan is a high school senior. He's not sure what he wants to study in college, but he is considering either teaching or nursing. He has a part-time job as a clerk in a medical clinic and volunteers at his stepsister's preschool. We could say that Juan is experiencing:

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The correct answer is psychosocial moratorium

This moratorium is "a waiting period for adult commitments". It is a period of pause necessary for many young people, looking for alternatives and experimenting with roles, which will allow internal elaboration work.

Moratoriums are characterized by personal needs, but also by socio-cultural and institutional requirements. "Each society and each culture institutionalizes a certain moratorium for most of its young people."

"Social institutions support the vigor and distinction of the nascent functional identity, offering those who are still learning and experiencing a certain status of learning, a moratorium characterized by definitive obligations and sanctioned competitions, as well as a special tolerance."

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