Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens through the Twenties

Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens through the Twenties

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 1-280

  Arnett, Jeffrey Jensen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; American society; Demographics; Emerging adulthood; Industrialized societies; Non traditional lifestyles; Self focus; Sexual relationships; Work; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921366003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195309379.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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