Sinergias complejas de las trayectorias juveniles: una mirada sociocultural, emocional y cognitiva

The interactions between the internal processes of cognition, metacognition and metaemotion with sociocultural dimensions shape young people's trajectories in contexts that are marked by increasing complexity. This study analyzes how these processes and dimensions configure youth trajectories as adaptive and contextually situated expressions. A method based on weaving complexity was applied. Initially, the hologrammatic path and grounded theory were used to analyze interviews and observations shared by 21 youth leaders. This was followed by the design and application of a questionnaire containing three key dimensions with 1,531 young people (aged 14–28). The results reveal synergies between cognitive processes and the sociocultural environment, highlighting the influence of community recognition on young people's decision-making. Understanding these interactions can contribute to the design of inclusive policies and intercultural studies while generating empirical eviden