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01-01-2007 | Review Paper

Suffering, Selfish, Slackers? Myths and Reality About Emerging Adults

Auteur: Jeffrey Jensen Arnett

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence | Uitgave 1/2007

Abstract

Many myths about adolescence have been refuted by research, but similar myths have grown up in recent years around emerging adulthood. This essay addresses three of those myths: the claim that they suffer from a normative “crisis”; the accusations that they are “selfish”; and their alleged reluctance to “grow up” and become adults. For each issue, evidence is presented showing that the myths exaggerate or falsify the true experience of emerging adults.

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Titel: Suffering, Selfish, Slackers? Myths and Reality About Emerging Adults
Auteur: Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
Publicatiedatum: 01-01-2007
Uitgeverij: Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Youth and Adolescence / Uitgave 1/2007
Print ISSN: 0047-2891
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-6601
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-006-9157-z

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