Suffering, Selfish, Slackers? Myths and Reality About Emerging Adults

By Jeffrey Jensen Arnett. 2007

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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The Role of Perceived Parental Knowledge on Emerging Adults’ Risk Behaviors (2008, background): “Emerging adulthood has been described as a time of transition, wherein young people strive for relational maturity and want to become independent, self-reliant individuals while simultaneously establishing an equal relationship with parents (e.g., Arnett 2006, 2007; Badger et al. 2006; Nelson and ”
Finding a Meaningful Life as a Developmental Task in Emerging Adulthood (2014, background): “Research on the meaning of life and work found that emerging adults have higher expectations of work than their parents had and tend to change jobs to find work that is personally fulfilling (Arnett, 2007; Chalofsky, 2003).”
The Effects of the Sexualization of Female Video Game Characters on Gender Stereotyping and Female Self-Concept (2009, background): “Additionally, research on emerging adults (age 18–24) indicates that this developmental period of life is marked by increased identity exploration ( Arnett 2007 ).”
The Relationships among Attachment Style, Personality Traits, Interpersonal Competency, and Facebook Use (2012, background): “However, Arnett (2007) highlighted the “the ambivalence with which many emerging adults view their entry into adult responsibilities” (p. 24).”
Identity in Emerging Adulthood (2013, background): “Indeed, as enumerated by Arnett (2007b), the distinctive features of emerging adulthood include a focus on oneself, a feeling of being in between adolescence and adulthood, instability, and openness to a wide variety of possibilities.”
Employment, Sense of Coherence, and Identity Formation (2008, background): “Although reaching subjective adulthood is accompanied by security and stability, it also signifies the end of possibilities and of spontaneity, and the compromise of personal dreams to some extent (Arnett, 2004, 2007).”
Student Entitlement: Issues and Strategies for Confronting Entitlement in the Classroom and Beyond (2009, background): “Others see these characterizations as stereotypes and claims about the prevalence of these selfish behaviors as a myth that distorts public and academic perceptions of individuals moving through a new phase of life ( Arnett 2007 ).”
Differentiation of Self: A Validation Study of the Bowen Theory Construct (2012, background): “…with relevance to the significant interpersonal (re)negotiation of family-of-origin relationships and intrapersonal (re)negotiation of prior lived experience that typically takes place during the lifecycle stage of emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2000, 2007; Heiden Rootes, Jankowski, & Sandage, 2010).”
The relationships of personal and ethnic identity exploration to indices of adaptive and maladaptive psychosocial functioning (2009, background): “…– and the increases in impulsivity and tolerance for deviance that may accompany these activities – may explain some of the reckless behavior (e.g., drug use, sexual risk taking, impaired driving) that is more prevalent in emerging adulthood than in other developmental periods (Arnett, 1994, 2007).”