Psychology
In Defense of emerging adulthood as a life stage: Rejoinder to Kloep's and Hendry's chapters 4 and 5
Document Type
Book Chapter
Abstract
In response to the previous chapters by Kloep and Hendry, this chapter acknowledges the overreaching of previous stage theories while defending the value of the theory of emerging adulthood. Stage theories can be valuable as long as they are not presented as uniform and universal. Emerging adulthood theory has shown its value in how quickly it has become widely used across many disciplines. Kloep's and Hendry's focus on dynamic processes while rejecting stage theories is criticized as too vague to illuminate developmental changes and distinctions. Then Kloep's and Hendry's own case studies from Chapter 5 are used to show how themes of emerging adulthood appear even in those cases intended to refute the theory.
Publication Title
Debating Emerging Adulthood: Stage or Process?
Publication Date
2011
First Page
121
Last Page
134
ISBN
9780199863389,9780199757176
DOI
10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199757176.003.0007
Keywords
emerging adulthood, social class, stage theories
Repository Citation
Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen and Tanner, Jennifer L., "In Defense of emerging adulthood as a life stage: Rejoinder to Kloep's and Hendry's chapters 4 and 5" (2011). Psychology. 728.
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