Emerging Adulthood in Europe: A Response to Bynner

By Jeffrey Jensen Arnett. 2006

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Bounded agency in young carers' lifecourse-stage domains and transitions (2013, background): “Arnett, for example, argues that the period between adolescence and adulthood (which he calls ‘emerging adulthood’) is now characterised by optimism, freedom and experimentation with a range of future possibilities (Arnett 2006 ).”
Employment, Sense of Coherence, and Identity Formation (2008, background): “The experience of striving to find employment yet being unable to do so indeed is frustrating and demoralizing for emerging adults (Arnett, 2006).”
Early Occupational Aspirations and Fractured Transitions: A Study of Entry into ‘NEET’ Status in the UK (2010, background): “This allows young people to explore a range of possible identities, experiences and goals, and also enables those from poorer background to turn around negative life circumstances (Arnett, 2006).”
The concept of transition system (2008, background): “Others argue that Type 2 societies engender optimism, a sense of agency and skills of career management (Bynner and Roberts 1991; Arnett 2006). Mortimore and Krüger (2000, 493) note that the ‘loosely coupled’ (Type 2) arrangements in the USA allow changes of direction and ‘foster an active entrepren”
The Dangerous Myth of Emerging Adulthood: An Evidence-Based Critique of a Flawed Developmental Theory (2014, background): “Although Arnett has been willing to ‘‘debate’’ critics (e.g., Arnett, 2006; Arnett, Kloep, Hendry, & Tanner, 2011; Bynner, 2005; Côté v. Arnett, 2005), he has refused to modify his original premises in light of counter evidence, instead shifting among the two uses of the term noted above, one…”
What Does It Take to Be an Adult in Austria? (2009, background): “Reifman and colleagues (2007; see also Arnett, 2006c) report high internal reliability for this instrument, with alphas for reliability coefficients of the defining features ranging from .70 to .85.”
Parental co-residence, shared living and emerging adulthood in Europe: semi-dependent housing across welfare regime and housing system contexts (2016, background): “Although there have been arguments of changing individual preferences among young adults (Arnett 2006), it is also clear that structural and institutional settings can impact pathway decisions (Clausen 1991; Elder and Shanahan 2006).”
How universal is emerging adulthood? An empirical example (2010, background): “Arnett ( 2004 , 2006 ) describes the period as an optimal opportunity for self-exploration.”
Well-Being and the Child–Parent Relationship at the Transition From University to Work Life (2007, background): “German demographic trends reflect very well the period of emerging adulthood, with a trend toward more widespread and longer education, late marriage, and late and few children being the norm (Arnett, 2006).”