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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783675303321

Autore

Arnett Jeffrey Jensen

Titolo

Emerging adulthood [[electronic resource] ] : the winding road from the late teens through the twenties / / Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-280-42811-2

9786610428113

0-19-803862-3

1-4237-2090-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (viii, 270 p. ) : ill

Disciplina

305.242

Soggetti

Young adults

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: 2004.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-257) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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 -- Meandering toward marriage -- The road through college : twists and turns -- Work : more than a job -- Sources of meaning : religious beliefs and values -- The age of possibilities : four case studies -- From emerging adulthood to young adulthood : what does it mean to become an adult?

Sommario/riassunto

'Emerging Adulthood' explores the author's concept of a new phase in life, between adolescence and young adulthood, characterised by a process of identity exploration, instability, possibility, self-focus, and a substantial sense of limbo.