Introduction -- Identity -- Cultural considerations and emerging and young adulthood -- Voices of emerging and young adulthood: in pursuit of a career path -- Voices of emerging and young adults: from professional to the personal -- The "tyranny" of choice: a re-examination of the prevailing narrative -- Parental voices: "adjustment reactions to children's adult life" -- Voices of employers: overlapping and disparate views -- Running on empty: running on full: summary and synthesis -- Appendix A: Methods -- Appendix B: Emerging and young adult questionnaire -- Appendix C: Parent questionnaire -- Appendix D: Employer questionnaire.
Summary
The delayed onset of maturity from adolescence to adulthood is gaining the considerable attention of scholars, not to mention that of the parents and the young adults themselves. The chapters in this volume examine the experiences of numerous individuals in their 20s and early 30s a" as well as parents and employers a" the end result of which is a finely nuanced, research-based portrait of todaya (TM)s aging adolescents and the increasingly high hurdles they must jump to reach full-fledged adulthood. The chapters of Emerging and Young Adulthood: Multiple Perspectives, Diverse Narrati.