Emerging Adulthood: Understanding the New Way of Coming of Age.

By Jeffrey Jensen Arnett. 2006

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Managing the Transition to College: Family Functioning, Emotion Coping, and Adjustment in Emerging Adulthood (2011, background): “The period of emerging adulthood is a challenging time of newfound independence, often leading to an increase in perceived stress, risky behaviors, suicide rates, and mental health utilization (Arnett, 2000).”
Career indecision and career exploration among older French adolescents: The specific role of general trait anxiety and future school and career anxiety (2015, background): “Identity building is a major developmental task during adolescence and emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2000; Erikson, 1972; Super, 1957).”
Does Body Image Play a Role in Risky Sexual Behavior and Attitudes? (2006, background): “These behaviors, along with high rates of body image problems among female emerging adults (Klemchuk et al., 1990), suggest that it is important to examine body image and sexuality during this exploratory and formative period ( Arnett, 2000 ).”
The Role of Purposeful Work Goals in Promoting Meaning in Life and in Schoolwork During Adolescence (2009, background): “A major task of adolescence and emerging adulthood is to forge an identity that consolidates one’s beliefs, values, and goals into a coherent story that can be used as a basis for making life decisions, as well as for judging the value or morality of one’s actions across the lifespan (Arnett, 2000; ”
Personality Development and Organizational Behavior (2006, background): “Young adulthood has been described as demographically dense, in that it involves more life-changing roles and identity decisions than any other period in the life course (Arnett, 2000).”
Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes—2013 (2012, background): “However, the shift from pediatrics to adult health care providers often occurs very abruptly as the older teen enters the next developmental stage referred to as emerging adulthood (443), a critical period for young people who have diabetes; during this period of major life transitions, youth begin ”
Critical Comments About Body Shape and Weight: Disordered Eating of Female Athletes and Sport Participants (2008, background): “1For years researchers have defined adolescence as 12 to 23 years (Hall, 1904; Stanrock, 1990) and recently they have identified the period between 18 and 25 years of age as emerging adulthood, which is based on recent changes in demographics, subjectivity, and identity exploration (Arnett, 2000).”
Sensation-Seeking, Risk-Taking, and Problematic Financial Behaviors of College Students (2010, background): “Adolescent research has shown that many 18‐25 year olds may be considered emerging adults because they are in between adolescence and adulthood ( Arnett 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 ).”