In recent decades, the lives of people in their late teens and twenties have changed so
dramatically that a new stage of life has developed. In his provocative work, Jeffrey Jensen …

In recent decades, the lives of people in their late teens and twenties have changed so
dramatically that a new stage of life has developed. In an original paper published in 2000 …

The theory of emerging adulthood identifies a new and distinct period of the life course that
has come to characterize the experiences of 18-to 29-year-olds in industrialized societies …

Life for emerging adults is vastly different today than it was for their counterparts even a
generation ago. Young people are waiting longer to marry, to have children, and to choose a …

I am delighted to write a second edition of Emerging and Young Adulthood: Multiple
Perspectives, Diverse Narratives. The second edition is an opportunity to revisit fertile …

For three fascinating, disturbing years, writer Patricia Hersch journeyed inside a world that is
as familiar as our own children and yet as alien as some exotic culture--the world of …

An examination into the social influences that have prolonged youth in today's adults Why
are today's adults more like adolescents, in their dress and personal tastes, than ever …

What is it like to become an adult in twenty-first-century America? This book takes us to four
very different places—New York City, San Diego, rural Iowa, and Saint Paul, Minnesota—to …

Theoretical and empirical understanding of development during the first stage of adulthood
has undergone contemporary revision. During the first decade of the twenty-first century …

Richard Settersten and Barbara Ray examine the lengthening transition to adulthood over
the past several decades, as well as the challenges the new schedule poses for young …