Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens through the TwentiesRecently the lives of people from age 18 to 29 have changed so dramatically that a new stage of life has developed, emerging adulthood, that is distinct from both the adolescence that precedes it and the young adulthood that comes in its wake. Rather than marrying and becoming parents in their early twenties, most people in industrialized societies now postpone these transitions until at least their late twenties, and instead spend the time in self-focused exploration as they try out different possibilities in their careers and relationships. In Emerging Adulthood, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett identifies and labels, for the first time, this period exploration, instability, possibility, self-focus, and a sustained sense of being in limbo. An increasing number of emerging adults emphasize having meaningful and satisfying work to a degree not seen in prior generations. Marrying later and exploring more casual sexual relationships have created different hopes and fears concerning long-term commitments and the differences between love and sex. Emerging adults also face the challenge of defending their non-traditional lifestyles to parents and others outside their generation who have made much more traditional choices. In contrast to previous portrayals of emerging adults, Arnett's research shows that they are particularly skilled at maintaining contradictory emotions--they are confident while still being wary, and optimistic in the face of large degrees of uncertainty. As the demographics of American youth, the American workplace, and adulthood continue to evolve, Emerging Adulthood is indispensable reading for anyone wanting to understand the face of modern America. |
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... highschool tothetime they reach fulladulthood. Calling it the “transitionto adulthood” seemedto diminishit,asif itwere merely abrief passage connecting the twomore important periods of adolescenceand young adulthood. And itlastsso long ...
... highschool tothetime they reach fulladulthood. Calling it the “transitionto adulthood” seemedto diminishit,asif itwere merely abrief passage connecting the twomore important periods of adolescenceand young adulthood. And itlastsso long ...
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... high proportion of young people, abouttwo thirds, now enter collegeafter graduating from highschool.4 Thisisahigher proportionthan ever beforein American history.Among thosewho graduate fromcollege, about one third go on tograduate school ...
... high proportion of young people, abouttwo thirds, now enter collegeafter graduating from highschool.4 Thisisahigher proportionthan ever beforein American history.Among thosewho graduate fromcollege, about one third go on tograduate school ...
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... school girlsnow excelover boys. 8 Fiftysix percentof the undergraduates in America'scollegesand universities are ... high early inthe20th century and throughoutthe 19thcentury. 11 Whatisdifferent now is thatyoung people are freer than they ...
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... highschool andthatidentity development continues throughthelate teensand thetwenties. 16 In both love and work, the processof identity formation beginsin adolescence but intensifies in emerging adulthood. With regardtolove, adolescent ...
... highschool andthatidentity development continues throughthelate teensand thetwenties. 16 In both love and work, the processof identity formation beginsin adolescence but intensifies in emerging adulthood. With regardtolove, adolescent ...
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... high school, 18butmost oftheir jobs lastforonly a few monthsatmost. They tendtoworkin service jobs—restaurants, retail stores, andsoon—unrelated tothework theyexpecttobe doingin adulthood,and they tendtoviewtheir jobs notasoccupational ...
Contents
A New Relationship With Parents | |
Love and | |
Meandering Toward Marriage | |
TwistsandTurns | |
More Than a | |
Religious Beliefs and Values | |
What Does It to Become an Adult? Notes Mean References | |
Index of Names General Index | |
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