In addition to the achievement of high academic status and a coherent identity, young people have to make friends, have love affairs and abide by social rules.

coherent 来自动词 cohere（粘合、连贯），加上形容词后缀 -ent。cohere 本身由前缀 co-（表示"共同"）和词根 here（来自拉丁语 haerere，意为"粘附"）组成。coherent 形容事物各部分紧密结合、逻辑一致，引申为"连贯的、清晰的"。这里指年轻人需要形成内在一致的自我认知。