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Media Events 2009: Please click on the title to obtain the full story or interview


Radio interview
NPR, Focus 580 with David Inge, 4/21/09

Midlife Crisis: Transition to a New Adulthood, a Spiritual Journey, or a Work of Fiction?
What’s Up magazine, 5/09, Bridget Avila and Sarah Hagerty,
"...many young Americans feel anxiety when faced with a wide range of opportunities in their 20s and are unsure of how to choose from among them,” says Dr. Jeffrey Arnett.

Parents Just Don’t Understand
 Television interview, Current TV, 6/1/09

Generation in Flux
The Boston Globe, 8/8/09, Don Aucoin, Unsettled life of a generation in flux. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett does a fair amount of public speaking about his concept of “emerging adulthood,’’ the notion that there is now a new phase of life somewhere in between adolescence and adulthood, a period of exploration and experimentation that can last well into the late 20s.

Too Young for a Midlife Crisis
Washington Post, 8/11/09,  Lindsay Minnema. "Unlike young adults of generations past, many of whom were married and settled in their careers by their mid-20s, today's college grads experience a longer period of transition to the settled-down stage," says Dr. Jeffrey Arnett.

Bringing Back the ‘80s: From Michael Jackson to Harrison Ford, the culture of Gen X is making a comeback (article available for a fee)
Los Angeles Daily News, 9/19/09,  Bob Strauss

Redefining Financial Adulthood (Again)
 The New York Times, 10/30/09,  Jennifer Saranow Schulz. “People are financially dependent on their parents for more years than they were in the past,” said Jeffrey Arnett