Additional Supplemental Resources
Websites
- Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood
- SSEA is a multidisciplinary, international organization with a focus on theory and research related to emerging adulthood, which includes the age range of approximately 18 through 29 years. The website includes information on topics, events, and publications pertaining to emerging adults from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and countries.
- On the Cusp of Adulthood: What we know about Gen Z so far
- Aside from the unique set of circumstances in which Gen Z is approaching adulthood, what do we know about this new generation? Pew Research Center
- Article: The People Who Prioritize a Friendship Over Romance – The Atlantic
- What is friendship, and not marriage, was at the center of life?
Videos
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Why does it take so long to grow up today? | Jeffrey Jensen Arnett | TEDxPSU
- It takes so long to “grow up” today—finish education, find a stable job, get married—that it makes sense to think of it as a new life stage, emerging adulthood, in between adolescence and young adulthood. But why? Arnett coined the phrase emerging adulthood, the phase of life between adolescence and full-fledged adulthood.
- Why 30 is Not the New 20 TED talk
- Clinical psychologist Meg Jay has a bold message for twentysomethings: Contrary to popular belief, your 20s are not a throwaway decade. In this provocative talk, Jay says that just because marriage, work, and kids are happening later in life, doesn’t mean you can’t start planning now.
- The Love Competition
- The World’s First Annual Love Competition. Because “Love is a feeling you have for someone you have feelings about.”
Journal Articles
- Grahe, J. E., Corker, K. S., Schmolesky, M., Cramblet Alvarez, L. D., McFall, J. P., Lazzara, J., & Kemp, A. (2018, May 17). Do Institutional Characteristics Predict Markers of Adulthood? A Close Replication of Fosse and Toyokawa (2016). https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696818810268
- Faas, Caitlin & Mcfall, Joseph & Peer, Justin & Schmolesky, Matthew & Chalk, Holly & Hermann, Anthony & Chopik, William & Leighton, Dana & Lazzara, Julie & Kemp, Andrew & DiLillio, Vicki & Grahe, Jon. (2018). Emerging Adulthood MoA/IDEA-8 Scale Characteristics From Multiple Institutions. Emerging Adulthood. 216769681881119. 10.1177/2167696818811192.
