Emerging Adulthood as an Institutionalized Moratorium: Risks and Benefits to Identity Formation.

By J. Côté. 2006

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Finding a Meaningful Life as a Developmental Task in Emerging Adulthood (2014, background): “This search tends to be enacted in industrial societies that encourage youth to choose from a wide variety of occupational possibilities (Côté, 2006).”
Online and Offline Social Networks: Use of Social Networking Sites by Emerging Adults (2008, background): “Although the search for identity begins during adolescence (Erikson, 1959; Kroger, 2003), emerging adults, particularly those in the western world, are still grappling with some aspects of their identities, such as their vocational/ career, religious, and ethnic identities (Cote, 2006).”
Career Identity Development in College Students: Decision Making, Parental Support, and Work Experience (2010, background): “This period of exploration, in part, is due to the institutionalized moratorium (i.e., support for delaying decision making) of the college context (Côté, 2006; Erikson, 1968).”
Well-Being and the Child–Parent Relationship at the Transition From University to Work Life (2007, background): “To sum up, emerging adulthood might be a desirable time from the perspective of young people as well as a moratorium that is helpful for preparing further steps into adulthood (Arnett, 2004; Coté, 2006).”
Employment, Sense of Coherence, and Identity Formation (2008, background): “Such individuals may remain uncommitted for years as they continue to ruminate and worry about (or avoid) settling down—possibly resulting in a state of prolonged moratorium or perpetual exploration that Cǒté (2006) has labeled as youthhood.”
Contemporary Issues in Sexual Orientation and Identity Development in Emerging Adulthood (2013, background): “Exploring identity options and maintaining flexible commitments in identity domains, such as education, work, politics, and religion, is commonplace in emerging adulthood (Cote, 2006; Kroger & Marcia, 2011) and sexuality is no exception.”
Juxtaposing math self-efficacy and self-concept as predictors of long-term achievement outcomes (2014, background): “This is both a government focus in order to remain internationally competitive and a welfare issue as the increasing attainment gap between university and non-university educated individuals has come at the cost of those without a university education (Côté, 2006; OECD, 2010, 2011).”
Young Adulthood Is the Crucible of Personality Development (2016, background): “Specifically, the field of emerging adulthood focuses on development between the ages of 18 and 29 (Arnett, 2000, 2005, 2006; Côté, 2006).”
Motivation in transition: Development and roles of expectancy, task values, and costs in early college engineering. (2019, background): “…of expectancy for success, specific task values, and costs during the early college years is important as this is a key period for students’ developing academic and career-related identities (Côté, 2006; Eccles, 2009; Marcia, 1993; Roisman, Masten, Coatsworth, & Tellegen, 2004; Waterman, 1993).”
Suffering, Selfish, Slackers? Myths and Reality About Emerging Adults (2007, background): “What has changed since Erikson postulated the identity crisis is that it now takes place mainly in emerging adulthood, not adolescence (Arnett, 2004, 2006; Côté, 2000, 2006).”
The Dangerous Myth of Emerging Adulthood: An Evidence-Based Critique of a Flawed Developmental Theory (2014, background): “…declining economic opportunities for the young, beginning in the 1980 s, the delay of adult roles has become increasingly involuntary, with more young people either forced out of workforce and= or driven into higher educational systems in the hopes of improving their employability (Côté, 2006).”