Transcription of Emerging Adulthood - Jeffrey Arnett
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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 development for the period from the late teens through the twenties, with a focus on ages 18-25. A theoretical back- ground is presented, Then evidence is provided to support the idea that Emerging Adulthood is a distinct period de- mographically, subjectively, and in terms of identity explo- rations. How Emerging Adulthood differs from adolescence and young Adulthood is explained. Finally, a cultural con- text for the idea of Emerging Adulthood is outlined, and it is specified that Emerging Adulthood exists only in cultures that allow young people a prolonged period of independent role. exploration during the late teens and twenties. When our mothers were our age, they were engaged .. They at least had some idea what they were going to do with their lives.
adulthood is that there is a great deal of demographic variability, reflecting the wide scope of individual volition during these years. Emerging adulthood is the only period of life in which nothing is normative demographically (Rindfuss, 1991; Wallace, 1995). During adolescence, up to age 18, a variety of key demographic areas show little ...
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