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