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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 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.
young adulthood. However, he also commented on the prolonged adolescence typical of industrialized societies and on the psychosocial moratorium granted to young people in such societies "during which the young adult through free role experimentation may find a niche in some section of his society" (Erikson, 1968, p.
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