Psychology
The Curtain rises: A Brief overview of the book
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The first chapter provides some background and some information on the two contending approaches debated in the book. Demographic and economic changes influencing the lives of young people in recent decades are noted. The limitations of 20th-century stage theories are described (e.g., Erikson, Havighurst). Then the two theoretical approaches of this book are presented. Arnett's and Tanner's approach presents emerging adulthood as a new life stage, distinct from the adolescence that precedes it or the young adulthood that follows, but also emphasizes that there are many paths through emerging adulthood depending on culture, social class, ethnicity, and gender. In contrast, Kloep and Hendry argue against stage theories generally and emerging adulthood in particular, favoring instead an understanding of development that focuses on processes.
Publication Title
Debating Emerging Adulthood: Stage or Process?
Publication Date
2011
First Page
3
Last Page
10
ISBN
9780199863389,9780199757176
DOI
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199757176.003.0001
Keywords
emerging adulthood, individualization, social class, stage theories
Repository Citation
Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen; Hendry, Leo B.; Kloep, Marion; and Tanner, Jennifer L., "The Curtain rises: A Brief overview of the book" (2011). Psychology. 727.
https://commons.clarku.edu/faculty_psychology/727