基本説明
Portrays the lives of young Americans between adolescence and young adulthood.
Full Description
Emerging Adults in America: Coming of Age in the 2 st Century portrays the lives of young Americans between adolescence and young adulthood, a distinct developmental stage that editor Jeffrey Jensen Arnett describes as emerging adulthood. Over the past 4 years, the average age of marriage and parenthood has risen dramatically, and the years from the late teens through the mid-2 s are no longer dedicated to settling into traditional adult roles. Instead, the focus has shifted to pursuing higher education, self-exploration, and shaping a future that best suits personal goals and desires.
Along with coeditor Jennifer Lynn Tanner, Arnett has compiled a collection of chapters in this groundbreaking work that cover a range of topics from relationships with parents to views about love, sex, and marriage from experiences in college to those in the work place and from religious beliefs to beliefs about the concept of adulthood. This insightful book will be a valuable resource for developmental psychologists, therapists, and mental health practitioners who work with emerging adults and will appeal to young people and their families.
Contents
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
I. Theoretical Foundations
Emerging Adulthood: Understanding the New Way of Coming of Age
-Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Recentering During Emerging Adulthood: A Critical Turning Point in Life Span Human Development
-Jennifer Lynn Tanner
II. Individual Characteristics
Emerging Structures of Adult Thought
-Gisela Labouvie-Vief
Emerging Adulthood as an Institutionalized Moratorium: Risks and Benefits to Identity Formation
-James E. C amp ocirc t amp eacute
Ethnic Identity Exploration in Emerging Adulthood
-Jean S. Phinney
Mental Health During Emerging Adulthood: Continuity and Discontinuity in Courses, Causes, and Functions
-John E. Schulenberg and Nicole R. Zarrett
Resilience in Emerging Adulthood: Developmental Perspectives on Continuity and Transformation
-Ann S. Masten, Jelena Obradovic, and Keith B. Burt
III. Contexts
Family Relationships and Support Systems in Emerging Adulthood
-William S. Aquilino
Friendships and Romance in Emerging Adulthood: Assessing Distinctiveness in Close Relationships
-W. Andrew Collins and Manfred van Dulmen
amp quot Sex Is Just a Normal Part of Life amp quot : Sexuality in Emerging Adulthood
-Eva S. Lefkowitz and Meghan M. Gillen
School, Work, and Emerging Adulthood
-Stephen F. Hamilton and Mary Agnes Hamilton
Emerging Adults in a Media-Saturated World
-Jane D. Brown
IV. Conclusion
The Psychology of Emerging Adulthood: What Is Known, and What Remains to Be Known
-Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Index
About the Editors
