Emerging Adults in America: Coming of Age in the 21st CenturyJeffrey Jensen Arnett, Jennifer Lynn Tanner Emerging Adults in America: Coming of Age in the 21st Century portrays the lives of young Americans between adolescence and young adulthood, a distinct developmental stage that editor Jeffrey Jensen Arnett describes as emerging adulthood. Over the past 40 years, the average age of marriage and parenthood has risen dramatically, and the years from the late teens through the mid-20s are no longer dedicated to settling into traditional adult roles. Instead, the focus has shifted to pursuing higher education, self-exploration, and shaping a future that best suits personal goals and desires. Along with coeditor Jennifer Lynn Tanner, Arnett has compiled a collection of chapters in this groundbreaking work that cover a range of topics from relationships with parents to views about love, sex, and marriage; from experiences in college to those in the work place; and from religious beliefs to beliefs about the concept of adulthood. This insightful book will be a valuable resource for developmental psychologists, therapists, and mental health practitioners who work with emerging adults and will appeal to young people and their families. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 44
Page 10
... least enduring ) obligations of adult roles . However , being self - focused has a serious purpose as well . Emerging adults are self - focused with the goal of attaining the self - sufficiency that is at the heart of their view of what ...
... least enduring ) obligations of adult roles . However , being self - focused has a serious purpose as well . Emerging adults are self - focused with the goal of attaining the self - sufficiency that is at the heart of their view of what ...
Page 43
... least education experienced the greatest number of job transitions . This finding suggests that one population feature of emerging adulthood as proposed by Arnett ( 2000 ) -instability in terms of occupational transitions - holds true ...
... least education experienced the greatest number of job transitions . This finding suggests that one population feature of emerging adulthood as proposed by Arnett ( 2000 ) -instability in terms of occupational transitions - holds true ...
Page 325
... least outwardly , with widespread entry into higher education and a median age of marriage and parenthood in at least the late 20s . In India , for example , the majority of young people live in low - income rural families , but in the ...
... least outwardly , with widespread entry into higher education and a median age of marriage and parenthood in at least the late 20s . In India , for example , the majority of young people live in low - income rural families , but in the ...
Contents
Understanding the New Way | 3 |
A Critical | 21 |
Emerging Structures of Adult Thought | 59 |
Copyright | |
11 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
adaptation adolescents and emerging African American age period American Arnett associated binge drinking career chapter childhood cohort college students commitments competence complex condoms context continuity and discontinuity Côté cultural depression Developmental Psychology developmental tasks domains early effects ego development emerging adult development emerging adulthood emerging adults emotional Erikson ethnic identity European Americans experiences factors functioning high school Hispanic human development identity crisis identity development identity exploration identity formation identity issues identity status important increased individuals influence interaction ISRI Labouvie-Vief late teens Latino levels lives longitudinal studies maladaptive males marijuana marriage Masten mental health moratorium multiracial normative parent-child patterns peers perspective Phinney predictors psychopathology resilience risk romantic relationships sample Schulenberg sexual behavior Social Psychology society span span development stage structure suggests theory tion trajectories transition to adulthood University Press women York young adulthood young adults youth