中国青年研究的发展,经历了青年问题热→青年学科热→青年热点热等阶段之后,现在正处于徘徊期。从学术理论方面看,青年研究成果能升华为社会科学基本概念范畴的极少,故一直为理论界所忽视;从实践应用方面看,青年研究成果能转化为对策性操作措施的亦很少,故越来越难以得到实际工作部门的支持。对此困境,有些人归罪于应用研究多而理论建树少,有些人归罪于学科建构多而应用研究少。笔者认为,青年学与社会学有密切的从属关系,结 The development of China’s youth research has experienced a period of wandering after it has experienced the hot issues of youth → the hot of young subjects → the hot stage of youth hot spots. From the aspect of academic theory, young research achievements can be sublimated into only a few basic concepts of social science. Therefore, they have been neglected by theorists for a long time. From practical applications, there are few young research achievements that can be translated into countermeasures, It is increasingly difficult to obtain the support of the actual work department. For this predicament, some people blame the application of many theories and less theoretical achievements, some blame the construction of disciplines and less applied research. The author believes that there is a close relationship between youth studies and sociology, knot