According to Srecko Mihajlovic, a prominent sociologist, young people in Serbia are often slow to become mature adults, becoming stuck instead in an "extended youth" as a result of absent opportunity and lack of encouragement.
Prema rečima istaknutog sociologa Srećka Mihajlovića, mladi ljudi u Srbiji se najčešće sporo razvijaju u zrele odrasle ljude, ostajući umesto toga zaglavljeni u «produženoj mladosti» koja je rezultat nemanja mogućnosti i nedostataka podsticaja.