EMERGING ADULTHOOD: BOOKS AND ARTICLES
Dr. Arnett’s main area of scholarship is emerging adulthood, the age period from the late teens to the mid-twenties. Dr. Arnett coined the term and presented a theory of emerging adulthood in a widely-cited article in American Psychologist in 2000. According to Dr. Arnett, in the past half century what most people experience during the years from age 18 to 29 has changed dramatically in industrialized societies. Instead of entering marriage and parenthood in their very early twenties, most people now postpone these transitions until at least their late twenties, and spend their late teens through their mid-twenties in self-focused exploration as they try out different possibilities in love and work. Essentially, a new developmental stage has been created between adolescence and young adulthood. Scholarly attention to this period has boomed in recent years, and it is now widely referred to among scholars as emerging adulthood.
Books on Emerging Adulthood by Dr. Arnett
Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from Late Teens through the Twenties
(2004, Oxford University Press)
Young people today wait longer than ever before to marry and become parents. What is going on in their lives from their late teens through their twenties, between the time they leave their... Read more about this title.
Emerging Adults in America: Coming of Age in the 21st Century
edited by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and Jennifer Lynn Tanner
(2005, American Psychological Association Press)
This book resulted from the 1 st Conference on Emerging Adulthood held at Harvard University in November, 2003. Twelve scholars contributed... Read more about this title.
The psychology of emerging adulthood: What is known, and what remains to be known? Download this chapter (pdf).
Emerging adulthood: Understanding the new way of coming of age. Download this chapter (pdf).
Encyclopedia of Emerging Adulthood
(in preparation, Greenwood Press)
The Encyclopedia of Emerging Adulthood will gather a summary of what is known about the 18-29 age period into one volume. The volume will be interdisciplinary, and written...Read more about this title.
Articles on Emerging Adulthood by Dr. Arnett
Current History, 2007
The long and leisurely route: Coming of age in Europe today. Download this article (pdf).
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
Suffering, selfish, slackers? Myth and reality on emerging adults. Download this article (pdf).
Chapter in Handbook of Socialization, 2007
Socialization in emerging adulthood: From the family to the wider world, from socialization to self-socialization. Download this chapter (pdf).
Journal of Youth Studies, 2006
The case for emerging adulthood in Europe: A response to Brunner.
Journal of Drug Issues, 2005
The developmental context of substance abuse in emerging adulthood.
New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, 2003
Culture and conceptions of the transition to adulthood. Download this article (pdf).
Journal of Adolescent Research, 2002
with Lene Jensen
A congregation of one: Individualized religious beliefs among emerging adults. Download this article (pdf).
Journal of Adult Development, 2001
Conceptions of the transition to adulthood: Perspectives from adolescence to midlife. Download this article (pdf).
Journal of Adult Development, 2001
with Katie Ramos and Lene Jensen
Ideological views in emerging adulthood: Balancing the ethics of autonomy and community. Download this article (pdf).
American Psychologist, 2000
Emerging adulthood: A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties. Download this article (pdf).
Youth & Society, 2000
High hopes in a grim world: Emerging adults’ views of their futures and of “Generation X.” Download this article (pdf).
Human Development, 1998
Learning to stand alone: The contemporary American transition to adulthood in cultural and historical context. Download this article (pdf).
For articles on emerging adulthood by other scholars, visit www.s-r-a.org/easig.html.