Emerging Adulthood - Jeffrey Arnett

Emerging Adulthood A Theory of Development From the Late Teens Through the Twenties Jeffrey Jensen Arnett University of Maryland College Park Emerging Adulthood is proposed as a new conception of it had risen to 25 for women and 27 for men ( Bureau development for the period from the late teens through the of the Census, 1997). Age of first childbirth followed a twenties, with a focus on ages 18-25. A theoretical back- similar pattern. Also, since midcentury the proportion of ground is presented, Then evidence is provided to support young Americans obtaining higher education after high the idea that Emerging Adulthood is a distinct period de- school has risen steeply from 14% in 1940 to over 60% by mographically, subjectively, and in terms of identity explo- the mid-1990s ( Arnett & Taber, 1994; Bianchi & Spain, rations. How Emerging Adulthood differs from adolescence 19961).

by developmental scientists after his articulation of it. However, as I argue in the following sections, there is good empirical support for conceiving this period--proposed ... By age 30, new demographic norms have been established: About 75% of 30-year-olds have married, about 75% have become parents, and fewer than 10% are enrolled in school ...

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