DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
ADOLESCENCE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND EMERGING ADULTHOOD
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Low SES populations in “majority world” (developing) countries
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Middle to lower SES populations in rural or tribal areas
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High SES populations in Western, industrialized nations
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Low SES populations in Western, industrialized nations
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Detailed explanation-1: -“Emerging Adulthood” is a term used to describe a period of development spanning from about ages 18 to 29, experienced by most people in their twenties in Westernized cultures and perhaps in other parts of the world as well. It was initially defined by Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, PhD from Clark University in 2000.
Detailed explanation-2: -Emerging adulthood is a time between adolescents’ reliance on parents and adults’ long-term commitments in love and work, and during these years, emerging adults focus on themselves as they develop the knowledge, skills, and self-understanding they will need for adult life.
Detailed explanation-3: -Five features make emerging adulthood distinctive: identity explorations, instability, self-focus, feeling in-between adolescence and adulthood, and a sense of broad possibilities for the future.
Detailed explanation-4: -I created the acronym SIIIP to assist with remembering the five characteristic features of emerging adulthood: Self-focus; Instability; In-between; Identity; Possibilities. One might think of an emerging adult taking a long “siiip” of life before making final commitments.