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The delayed onset of maturity from adolescence to adulthood is gaining the considerable attention of scholars, not to mention that of the parents and the young adults themselves. The chapters in this volume examine the experiences of numerous individuals in their 20s and early 30s – as well as parents and employers – the end result of which is a finely nuanced, research-based portrait of today’s aging adolescents and the increasingly high hurdles they must jump to reach full-fledged adulthood. The chapters of __Emerging and Young Adulthood: Multiple Perspectives, Diverse Narratives__: * Feature scores of narratives told by research subjects in their own words. * Represent a broad racial and ethnic cross-section of subjects. * Include the experiences of working class individuals, a population that has been ignored in previous studies. * Pinpoint specific clinical issues relating to this generation’s behavioral patterns. * Challenge much of the conventional wisdom about emerging and young adults. This volume reaches beyond facile "Gen X" and "quarterlife crisis" constructs to reveal the many diverse voices of young adults – their attitudes toward life, work, relationships, peers, and

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Author

Varda Konstam (auth.)

Publisher

Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780387710327

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Gender Studies, Psychology, Business