Emerging adulthood : the winding road from the late teens through the twenties /
"Since the mid-20th century a quiet revolution has taken place for young people in American society, so quiet that it has been noticed only gradually and incompletely. As recently as 1960, the typical 21-year-old was married or about to be married, caring for a newborn child or expecting one so...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- A longer road to adulthood
- What is it like to be an emerging adult? Four profiles
- From conflict to companionship: a new relationship with parents
- Love and sex: new freedoms, new problems
- Meandering toward marriage
- The road through college: twists and turns
- Work: more than a job
- Digital natives: emerging adults' many media uses
- Sources of meaning: religious beliefs and values
- How important is social class?
- Wrong turns and dead ends
- Sometimes goodbye is a second chance: resilience in emerging adulthood
- Beyond emerging adulthood: what does it mean to become an adult?
- Emerging adulthood(s): cultural and international variations.