Dissertations / Theses: 'Theory of Emerging Adulthood'

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Poynter, Danielle M. "Siblings, Emerging Adulthood, and Facebook: A Dialectical Analysis." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1307104419.

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Sibley, D. Scott. "Exploring the theory of resilient commitment in emerging adulthood: a qualitative inquiry." Diss., Kansas State University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/18950.

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Doctor of Philosophy
School of Family Studies and Human Services
Amber V. Vennum
The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how emerging adults (18-29 year olds) define commitment in romantic relationships and have created meaning from the positive and negative examples of commitment they have witnessed. Twenty (10 men, 10 women) unmarried emerging adults were interviewed individually. Through the use of grounded theory four themes emerged to explain how emerging adults have constructed their understanding of commitment: complete loyalty, investment in the relationship, continual communication, and parental influence. From observing negative and positive examples of commitment, emerging adults learned to discern healthy and unhealthy characteristics of romantic relationships, are working to be different, and have learned what to do to make a committed relationship work long term including the sub-themes of unitedly persevere, prioritize the relationship, consider your partner, give substantial effort, have fidelity. These results extend our knowledge about the model of resilient commitment, and the critical purpose of meaning making. Implications for intervening with emerging adults to strengthen future romantic relationship stability are discussed.

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Appleman, Michael J. "Emerging Adulthood: The Pursuit of Higher Education." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1429111444.

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Pilot, Zachary Allen. "The Effect of College and Acting Experience on Performance of Theory of Mind Tasks in Emerging Adulthood." OpenSIUC, 2015. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1761.

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Theory of Mind (ToM), the ability to accurately predict and reason about the mental states and beliefs of others, has yet to be explored in Emerging Adulthood, the 18-25 age range characterized by variability and developing a flexible worldview. The current study attempts to predict accuracy and response time on two ToM tasks, The Mind in the Eyes task (MiE), and the Empathetic Accuracy Paradigm (EAP) task by acting experience (whether the participant has acted in a live theater performance) and college experience (freshmen, sophomore, etc.) in 116 college participants. It was hypothesized that regression models including acting experience and college experience will account for more variance than models including only demographic variables and that the models including acting and college experience will significantly predict accuracy and response time on all ToM tasks. All such models predicting accuracy were significant, while only a model predicting response time on the EAP task was significantly predictive. It was hypothesized that acting experience will enable participants to use Theory of Mind skills faster and more accurately (Goldstein & Winner, 2012). Multiple regression analyses confirmed that acting experience is a significant predictor in all models predicting accuracy on Theory of Mind tasks, however response time was a significant predictor in only one of two tasks. It was also hypothesized that college experience will result in a more flexible worldview, open to multiple viewpoints and opinions, significantly influencing response time and accuracy. Multiple regression analyses revealed college experience approached significance in a model predicting accuracy on the MiE task, but no other significant contributions. Implications for the benefits of acting and college experience, the study of Theory of Mind in Emerging Adulthood, and practical applications of the findings in academia and therapeutic settings are discussed.

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Deal, Colin. "Positive Youth Development's 6th C: The Nature of Contribution in University Athletes." Thesis, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32852.

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The overall purpose of this Master’s thesis was to gain an in-depth understanding of university student-athletes’ contributions. The first manuscript included in this thesis assesses the suitability of the Positive Youth Development Very Short Form (PYD-VSF) for use with an emerging adult athlete population, using data from 74 university student-athletes who completed an online questionnaire. The findings suggest that the PYD-VSF is not an appropriate measure for this population. The second and third manuscript used data from 10 interviews. The second manuscript examined university student-athletes’ motivations to contribute and found participants reported that contributing served as a way to satisfy the basic psychological needs and possessed multiple motives simultaneously. The third manuscript explored the facilitators and barriers relating to university student-athletes’ contributions and found that academic and athletic time constraints were significant barriers to contribution and teammates, coaches, and staff members of the athletics department facilitated contributions.

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Pilot, Zachary Allen. "THEORY OF MIND, EMPATHY, AND IDENTITY PROCESSING STYLE: EXAMINING INTERRELATIONSHIPS AND ADVANTAGES OF ACTING EXPERIENCE." OpenSIUC, 2017. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/1445.

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Theory of Mind (ToM) is often defined as “the ability to reason about mental states, such as beliefs, desires, and intentions, and to understand how mental states feature in everyday explanations and predictions of people’s behavior” (Apperly, 2012, p. 825). Recent research has introduced questions about performance on ToM tasks in emerging adulthood, a developmental period (ages 18-27) where exploration and identity formation occurs. The current study examined group differences between college students with acting experience, a population hypothesized to excel in ToM and empathy, and students without acting experience on cognitive and affective measures of ToM and empathy. The current study (N=162) used multiple tasks to measure ToM the Reading the Mind in the Eyes task (RME), Movie for the Assessment of Social Cognition (MASC), Faux Pas task (detection and belief subscales). All four subscales (perspective taking, fantasizing, empathic concern, personal distress) of the Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI) was used to measure empathy. It was hypothesized that students with acting experience would perform significantly better than those without acting experience on all measures of ToM and empathy. It was also hypothesized that the way emerging adults process identity relevant information, as assessed by the Identity Style Inventory (ISI), would be related to ToM and empathy. Students with acting experience performed significantly better on the RME task and the belief subscale of the Faux Pas task. Better performance on the RME task and the belief subscale of the Faux pas task suggest advantages in emotion processing and belief reasoning for students with acting experience. No group differences were observed on the IRI. Informational processing style was positively related to all measures of ToM and all empathy measures except the personal distress subscale of the IRI. Normative and diffuse-avoidant identity processing style was negatively related to all measures of ToM and the personal distress subscale of the IRI. Normative identity processing style was negatively related to the fantasizing subscale of the IRI. The current study supports a relationship between identity processing style in emerging adulthood and measures of ToM and empathy. A factor analysis was conducted to examine relationships between ToM and empathy, finding no distinctions between affective and cognitive dimensions but a clear difference between ToM and empathy. Students with acting experience performed significantly better on the ToM factor but no other factors, supporting the previous analyses. Implications for further research, therapeutic interventions, and occupational training integrating acting experience are discussed.

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Olson, Chad D. "Sooner or Later? Parents' Marital Horizons for Their Emerging Adult Children." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2008. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd2296.pdf.

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Chiang, Shu-Chen. "Applying Event History Analysis to Investigate the Impacts of Developmental Education on Emerging Adults' Degree Completion." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1331061887.

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Negash, Tori E. "Emerging adult college students: An analysis of student behavioral health, academic outcomes, and predictors of behavioral health service receipt." The Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1523911981848844.

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Vela, Valentina. "THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT FOR NEWLY EMANCIPATED FOSTER YOUTH." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd/190.

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The Child Welfare system is widely known as the macro system responsible for ensuring the safety of children within particular parameters, which, in some cases, results in the removal of these individuals from their family of origin. Research has explored the short- and long-term effects of this disruption in hopes of improving the ability of services to effectively prevent negative effects. Despite improvements on a macro and micro level, foster youth continue to be unprepared for the transition out of the foster care system, resulting in negative outcomes. According to research, the newly developed theory of emerging adulthood may have implications in terms of the component that is key to the success of this population in the future. The purpose of the current study was to explore the importance of social support for newly emancipated foster youth. This study utilized a qualitative study design and sought data in the form of self-reports which were captured through an interview that consisted of 14 questions. Participants included 8 administrators working in the counties of San Bernardino and Riverside who possessed at least two years experience working directly with emancipated foster youth or with an agency which provided services to this population. The data collected was conceptualized as a model that highlighted the application of the theory of emerging adulthood as important in terms of service implementation; however, implementation would require the reconsideration of policy and improvement the utilization of services by foster youth in order to increase permanent placement. The results of this study implies that future research should determine the benefits of beginning independent living services at a younger age, linking these individuals with informal support systems, transitioning these individuals to a social worker with the knowledge and ability to apply the theory of emerging adulthood, regarding these individuals as active participants in the services provided, and providing foster parents with psychoeducation.

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Wade, Jeannette Marie. "“DOING DIFFERENCE” AND HEALTH: AN EXAMINATION OF SEX, GENDER ORIENTATION AND RACE AS PREDICTORS OF FAST FOOD CONSUMPTION, ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, AND SEXUAL RISK IN EMERGING ADULTHOOD." University of Akron / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1510316690878234.

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Ponappa, Sujata ponappa. "Depression during the College Years: The Family as a `Safety Net’." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1461323516.

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von, Below Camilla. "When psychotherapy does not help : ...and when it does: Lessons from young adults' experiences of psychoanalytic psychotherapy." Doctoral thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-144399.

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The process and outcome of psychoanalytic psychotherapy have been studied for a long time. However, the experiences of patients, particularly in therapies where goals were not met, have not yet been the target of extensive research. Psychoanalytic psychotherapy with young adults might face particular challenges. The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the experiences of young adults in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, with a particular focus on differences between suboptimal therapies and therapies with generally good outcome. The setting was naturalistic, and perspectives of the patient, therapist and observer were combined. Qualitative and quantitative methods were used. Study I explored experiences of psychotherapy process and outcome among seven patients in psychoanalytic psychotherapy, who expressed dissatisfaction. Interviews at termination and 18 months later were analysed using grounded theory and compared to therapist experiences. Patients experienced abandonment with their problems in and after therapy, since therapy according to the patients lacked connections to daily life, as well as flexibility, activity and understanding from the therapist. Therapists presented a different picture of the same therapies, mainly focused on the difficulties of the patients. Study II analysed the experiences of 20 non-improved or deteriorated young adult psychotherapy patients at termination of therapy and 36 months later. Non-improvement and deterioration were calculated based on the reliable change index on self-rating scores. The grounded theory analysis of interviews established spinning one’s wheels as a core category. The relationship to the therapist was described as artificial, although at times helpful. Participants experienced their own activity in life and active components of therapy as helpful, but thought focus in therapy was too much on past experiences. Study III explored the experiences of 17 young adult patients, in psychoanalytic individual or group therapy, overcoming depression. The analysis of interviews from therapy termination and 18 months later indicated that finding an identity and a place in life were perceived as intertwined with symptom relief. Negative experiences included difficulties to change oneself, fear of change, and problems in therapy, such as too little activity on the therapist’s part. The results were discussed in relation to young adulthood, therapeutic alliance, mentalization, and attachment. The conclusion was expressed in a comprehensive process model of suboptimal therapy with young adults, with suggested ways to prevent such a development. The therapist’s meta-communication and correct assessment of the patient’s mentalization capacity from moment to moment are proposed as crucial. Regarding clinical implications, therapists of young adult patients need to establish meta-communication on therapy progress, as even experienced therapists might be unaware of dissatisfaction or deterioration. Meta-communication could be considered part of the treatment itself, as it may foster mentalization and good outcome. Further, the period of young adulthood entails decisions and developing an adult life, and therapists need to make room for this by active interventions.

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Crist, Angela R. "South African Ubuntu Theory in Cross Cultural Community Development Practice: An Autoethnographic Exploration." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1244121998.

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Human, Anja. "An examination of the relationship between psychologically controlling parenting and antisocial behavior of emerging adults in the Faculty of Community and health Science (CHS)." Thesis, University of the Western Cape, 2010. http://etd.uwc.ac.za/index.php?module=etd&action=viewtitle&id=gen8Srv25Nme4_4454_1299230859.

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Parents are important in the socialization of children to develop into adjusted adults. Parenting is a developmental process and encourages the child to become an independent adult in society, an adult who is pro-social rather than anti-social. The main aim of parenting is to control the behaviour of the child, but as the child matures the approach is more of monitoring and supervision rather than control. The aim of this study is to establish the prevalence of parental psychological control during the phase of emerging adulthood and this will be associated with the anti-social behaviour of emerging adults. A quantitative methodological approach was used to conduct the study. A sample of 382 participants aged 18 to 25 years were randomly stratified across the departments in the Faculty of Community and Health Sciences (CHS). The Parental Psychological Control (Barber, 1996) and the Anti-Social Behaviour (Achenbach and Edelbrock, 1987) questionnaires were used to collect the data. The data were analysed by means of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Results show a significant positive relationship between perceived psychologically controlling parenting and antisocial behaviour of emerging adults. Furthermore, antisocial behaviour is also positively predicted by both mother and father psychological control, with mothers being significantly more psychologically controlling than fathers. When comparing males and females, males engaged significantly more in antisocial activities than females
males also found fathers to be more psychologically controlling. Implications for further research are suggested.

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Seiter, Liann Nicole 1983. "Emerging adulthood in India /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2009. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd3215.pdf.

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Seiter, Liann Nicole. "Emerging Adulthood in India." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2009. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/1978.

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This paper explores the nature of emerging adulthood in Southern India. Survey data was collected from 450 college students in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India and 100 non-students from rural villages surrounding Coimbatore. Unlike American samples, the majority of the 18- to 26-year-olds studied felt that they had achieved adulthood. The sample emphasized attributes needed to fulfill family roles as characteristics necessary for adulthood. Differences in optimism levels were found between students and non-students. Arnett suggests that emerging adulthood would be affected by cultural influences. The unique cultural and structural influences in India such as, Hinduism, caste, gendered socialization, and the educational system, are discussed as possible explanations for the unique findings.

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Bartoszuk, Karin. "Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4167.

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Bartoszuk, Karin. "Emerging Adulthood/Prolonged Transition to Adulthood/Extended Moratorium." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4159.

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Brennan, Megan Ilene. "Mother-daughter relationships in emerging adulthood and young adulthood /." Connect to CIFA website:, 2008. http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/pdwerner/cifa1.htm.

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Bartoszuk, Karin. "Emerging Adulthood during the College Years." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2010. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4168.

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Wentzell, Katherine. "Measuring Diabetes Distress in Emerging Adulthood:." Thesis, Boston College, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2345/bc-ir:109070.

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Thesis advisor: Judith A. Vessey
Significance of Problem: Emerging adults (ages 18-30) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are a specific group that experiences worse glycemic control, more frequent severe hypoglycemia and more frequent diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) than any other age group. The multiple transitions and stressors associated with the developmental stage of emerging adulthood can magnify and exacerbate the diabetes specific emotional burden of living with T1D, resulting in increased diabetes distress (DD). However, there is no measure of DD specific to the developmental stage of emerging adulthood. Purpose: The purpose of this program of research is to explicate the need for a developmental stage-specific measure of DD, as well as to develop, refine and psychometrically validate a new measure of DD in emerging adults. Method: This multi-phase study employed methods grounded in both item response theory (Rasch analysis) and classical test theory to reduce, refine and validate a new measure of DD in emerging adulthood, entitled the Problem Areas in Diabetes-Emerging Adult version (PAID-EA). In phase 1, data were collected from emerging adults with T1D using a cross-sectional online survey strategy. Rasch methodology was used to reduce and refine the PAID-EA. In phase 2, an additional cross-sectional online survey was conducted using the refined PAID-EA. Classical test theory-based approaches were employed to examine the psychometric properties of the refined measure. Finally, the relationships between scores on the PAID-EA and related constructs and clinical variables were explored. Conclusions: Collectively, this work advances the science by providing insight into how the challenges of emerging adulthood impact life with T1D during this developmental stage and providing a new measure to accurately and validly capture this experience for both clinical and research purposes
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2021
Submitted to: Boston College. Connell School of Nursing
Discipline: Nursing

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Alva, Jessica Isabel. "Emerging adulthood and willingness to caregive." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1354917802.

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Kirby, Amanda H. "Emerging adulthood and developmental co-ordination disorder." Thesis, University of Leeds, 2008. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1193/.

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The aim of this thesis was to investigate key themes of emerging adulthood in young adults with motor co-ordination difficulties from both a parental and personal perspective using a mixed method approach. A number of studies over the past twenty years have considered longer term outcomes in children with Developmental Co-ordination Disorder (DCD) (Losse et al., 1991, Cantell et al., 1994, Cousins and Smyth,2003) but few have considered the social experiences of these young people and the views of their parents as they move into further and higher education. This study has focused particularly on the 16-25 year age group, a time of emerging adulthood and continuing developmental change (Arnett, 2000), which differs from the key previous study in adults by Cousins (2003), which centred around an older age group. Emerging adults in further and higher education with motor difficulties completed questionnaires alongside a cohort of parents of these individuals. A subset from each group were also interviewed. A retrospective analysis of case notes of those seen in childhood from a clinical setting was also undertaken, in order to consider changes from childhood. Students were matched with a cohort of students without any reported difficulties. Social behaviour including driving, drinking, and leisure pursuits were compared with typically developing students. An additional comparison was made with students who considered themselves to be 'clumsy' but had a diagnosis of Dyslexia, in order to compare current support in Further and Higher Education. This study has highlighted the persistent, pervasive and variable nature of DeD with over 50% of students reporting some level of impairment in an area of their life. These difficulties included learning to drive a car, difficulties with planning and organising themselves and their property, and continuing motor difficulties especially with handwriting and everyday tasks. Differences in social behaviour were also noted compared with control students. This study provides evidence that even in this resilient group who had reached further and higher education, DCD does not disappear for all once they reach adulthood.

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Espinosa, Hernandez Maria Graciela Lefkowitz Eva S. "Sexual behavior and motives in emerging adulthood." [University Park, Pa.] : Pennsylvania State University, 2009. http://etda.libraries.psu.edu/theses/approved/WorldWideIndex/ETD-4711/index.html.

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Shaff, Thomas Jay. "Development of writing talent in emerging adulthood." Diss., University of Iowa, 2015. https://ir.uiowa.edu/etd/1748.

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Research on talent development has focused on K–12 and adult eminence. This investigation addressed the gap in knowledge regarding talent development between the ages of 18 and 27. The purpose was to explain how a group of emerging adults continued to develop their writing ability into talents valued by themselves and society. The key questions investigated the role of self-perception of high ability in writing in the process of talent development as a lived experience, and the relationship of high ability to adult identity formation. The study also investigated how changes in family relationships and the establishment of independence related to talent development in emerging adulthood. It was a multiple case study of 7 creative writers from top-20 MFA programs. The study results indicated a number of findings. Development of writing talent in emerging adulthood is related to achieving adult identity and independence. Self-perception of high ability was universal, as was creativity. Achievement represented the confluence of intention, intellect, volition, knowledge, and imagination expressed as original work. The psychological process of differentiation and integration was used in adapting to achieve individual goals. Achieving identity for these writers and poets meant finding their voices. Ability was a pervasive factor in achieving identity. Parents, teachers, and peers guided and believed in the subjects’ ability. Family support was generally unconditional. Family mental health issues did not prevent talent development and fathers had a strong impact on sons and daughters. Independence was related to identity and represented having established primacy of self-authority. Contrary to theory, participants benefited from continued institutional support.

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Salvatore, Christopher. "Emerging Adulthood and the Arrested Adolescent Offender." Diss., Temple University Libraries, 2010. http://cdm16002.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p245801coll10/id/93467.

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Criminal Justice
Ph.D.
This study is an examination of how delayed transitions to adulthood have influenced the period of active offending for low-level offenders. This research has implications for the criminal justice system, its policies directed toward dealing with low-level offenders, and the branch of criminological research that explores offender taxonomies and the relationship between age and crime. Arnett's (2000) theory argues that emerging adulthood is a new stage of the life course, neither adolescence nor young adulthood, that is the result of several areas of social change. During this stage, despite having reached biological maturity, individuals postpone the achievement of adult commitments and responsibilities. Combined with a lack of traditional social bonds and a failure to meet various life course turning points, these individuals exist in a state of "arrested adolescence." During this state, many have the opportunity to explore their identities in areas such as romantic relationships and work. These explorations have also been theorized to include deviant and criminal behavior. While Arnett's theory has been cited extensively, only a handful of studies have attempted to empirically test its tenets with regard to delinquency or criminality. Prior research in life course criminology has established several different offender typologies linked to the impact of transitions to adult roles as turning points (for most) away from criminality (see for example, Laub & Sampson, 2003; Moffitt, Caspi, Rutter, & Silva, 2001). The present study answered the following research question; "Does the emerging adulthood stage of the life course influence offending trajectories?" Specifically, it predicted that emerging adulthood has delayed transitions to adult roles for those in their early to mid twenties. As a result, there is a higher rate of low-level, non-violent crimes such as vandalism and disorderly conduct for certain (arrested adolescent) offenders. Defined as a low-level criminal offender between the ages of 18 and 25, the arrested adolescent offender has yet to successfully transition to adult social roles (e.g., marriage, parenthood) that inhibit deviance and increase traditional social bonding. If Arnett's theory of emerging adulthood is correct, arrested adolescent offenders will continue to commit low-level offenses at rates typically seen in adolescents. Beyond examining this core question, this dissertation also extends Arnett's theory in three significant ways: by utilizing the theory to explicitly examine crime and deviance, clarifying how emerging adulthood influences offending, and by exploring whether the delay of turning points (e.g., marriage, parenting) and changes in social bonds (e.g., religious participation, bonds with family) influences offending. These questions were addressed using three waves of data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Udry, 1998). At each wave of data, measures of crime, arrested adolescent vs. life course persistent offending (minor vs. serious) and drug use, arrested adolescent vs. life course persistent drug use (minor vs. serious) were examined as dependent variables. These indicators were selected from the crime and delinquency scales available in all three waves of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Arrested adolescent (minor) crimes consist of low-level offenses such as drunken and disorderly conduct and shoplifting. Arrested adolescent (minor) drug use is defined as using "softer" drugs such as alcohol and marijuana. Life course persistent (serious) crime is defined as more severe types of offenses such as burglary and selling drugs. Life course persistent (serious) drug use is defined as the frequent use of "harsher" drugs such as cocaine. These data were analyzed cross-sectionally using both bivariate and multivariate analyses. At waves 1 and 2, bivariate relationships between indicators of arrested adolescence and offending allowed an exploration of how these factors relate to offending during late childhood and adolescence. At wave 3, when members of the sample are in the emerging adulthood stage of the life course, a series of regression models examined how measures of arrested adolescence related to offending. The findings of this dissertation support the idea that many traditional turning points and social bonds do operate effectively during emerging adulthood. Turning points including education and hours worked were found to predict arrested adolescent offending. Social bonds including religious participation, economic stability, and parental attachment also were significant predictors of arrested adolescent offending. However, many of the other turning points, such as having children and military service, and social bonds, such as job satisfaction, that were found to be effective at reducing offending in other samples were not significant. Results suggest that specific turning points and social bonds are relevant factors in reducing offending for emerging adults. These findings, taken as a whole, suggest that emerging adulthood is a factor influencing offending. Emerging adulthood has the potential to alter patterns of offending over the life course, and there is a need for prospective longitudinal studies to examine the long-term influence of emerging adulthood on life course offending.
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Wood, David L. "Life Course Health Development Model for Emerging Adulthood." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5179.

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Felt, Eli. "The Relationship Between Emerging Adulthood and Communication Patterns." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3988.

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Adults who have not developed effective communication skills are at an increased risk of having unsuccessful relationships. Children of divorce are less likely to have communication behaviors modeled to them, resulting in undeveloped communication and therefore a higher likelihood to get divorced themselves. The purpose of this quantitative quasi-experimental study was to determine if there was an association between the successful transition to emerging adulthood and the development of communication behaviors among adults. The research question focused on whether successful transition through emerging adulthood positively discriminates communication patterns among adults, specifically using Gottman's framework of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse when controlling for gender and level of education. The sample consisted of 30 participants ages 25 to 30 years old, recruited from university participant pools. Arnett's definition of successful transition into adulthood (accepting responsibility for one's actions, independent beliefs, financial independence) was operationalized to collect data for the predictor variable. The Four Horsemen Questionnaire was used to garner data for the continuous dependent variable (maladaptive communication patterns). An analysis of variance indicated a significant relationship between maladaptive communication patterns and the transition into adulthood. Findings contribute to social change by helping emerging adults understand the impact of a successful transition into adulthood on communication behaviors. Using the developmental period of emerging adulthood to improve communication patterns may assist in mitigating divorce risk variables and relationship breakdowns.

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Johnson, Wendi L. "Parent-Child Relations and Offending During Emerging Adulthood." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1271095765.

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Frech, Adrianne. "Healthy Behavior Trajectories between Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1241733569.

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Holbrook, April Dawn. "Handgun Owning During Emerging Adulthood: Predictors and Consequences." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1562772838684327.

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Akibar, Alvin. "Sexual Identity and Social Anxiety in Emerging Adulthood." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2017. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc984158/.

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Elevated social anxiety (SA) is linked to issues with emotional distress, substance use, and social anxiety disorder (SAD). Notwithstanding concerns of how sexuality has been defined in the extant literature, emerging evidence suggests that the prevalence of SA and related challenges may be disproportionately present among sexual minorities, including lesbians, gay men, and bisexuals (LGBs). This trend may be especially relevant within the developmental context of emerging adulthood, an important period for development of sexual identity, and a time when individuals are already predisposed to heightened feelings of SA. The present study examined the relationship between sexual orientation (measured using sexual identity, sexual attraction, and past romantic and sexual behavior) and social anxiety (related to social interaction and social performance) among emerging adults. minority sexual identities [Welch's F(5,48.08) = 5.56, p = .002, ηp2 = .02.], same-sex attraction [Welch's F(4,108.06) = 11.27, p < .001, ηp2 = .04], and same-sex romantic [Welch's F(5,85.91) = 6.88, p < .001, ηp2 = .03] and sexual experiences[F(5,61.95) = 8.88, p < .001, ηp2 = .04], particularly among those who indicated attraction to multiple sexes. Findings support research that indicates that sexual minority adults experience higher levels of SA than majority (i.e., heterosexual, opposite-sex oriented) adults, and that assessment of sexuality may reflect number of sexual minorities identified. Future directions including intersections of race/ethnicity and gender are discussed.

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Rabinovitch, Sara. "Parenting Behavior During Emerging Adulthood: Associations with Emerging Adult Relationships and Risk Behaviors." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/22614.

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Emerging adulthood is the developmental period between adolescence and adulthood spanning ages 18-25. A central task of emerging adulthood is autonomy development, including forming stable romantic partnerships and peer support networks that will facilitate autonomy from parents. While emerging adulthood is a time of exploration and growth, this period is also associated with risk behavior including most types of substance use, risky sexual behavior and reckless driving. Research has shown strong links between earlier parenting and emerging adults’ peer and romantic relationships and problem behavior. A dearth of research has examined the impact of parenting during emerging adulthood on emerging adult outcomes. The present study drew from an ethnically and socioeconomically diverse sample of emerging adults (ages 19-20) and their parents (n = 209) from the Pacific Northwest region to examine how parenting behaviors during emerging adulthood impact low- and high-quality peer and romantic relationships, alcohol use and delinquent behavior. This study utilized observational and parent-report data to capture positive and negative parenting behaviors. Path modeling was conducted to examine associations between parenting predictors and relational and risk outcomes. Results indicated that observed parental hostility and criticism predicted emerging adult externalizing behaviors, and this relationship was partially mediated by affiliation with delinquent peers. Findings suggest that parenting may significantly contribute to youth development beyond the childhood adolescent years, and hostile and critical parenting during emerging adulthood may incur risk for emerging adult engagement with delinquent peers and delinquent behavior. This study is the first to observationally assess parenting during emerging adulthood with a population of young adults that are drawn from a representative community sample.

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Malone, Elizabeth Marie. "Linguistic markers of differentiation of self in emerging adulthood /." Full text available from ProQuest UM Digital Dissertations, 2008. http://0-proquest.umi.com.umiss.lib.olemiss.edu/pqdweb?index=0&did=1850500741&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1277220803&clientId=22256.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Mississippi, 2008.
Typescript. Vita. "August 2008." Major Professor: David S. Hargrove Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-97). Also available online via ProQuest to authorized users.

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Hulstein, Pamela Lou. "Premenstrual Symptoms and Academic Stress in Emerging Adulthood Women." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/196113.

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Premenstrual symptoms are a universal event during a woman's reproductive life but little is known about the experience of emerging adulthood women aged 18-25 years. The purpose of this study was to determine feasibility of daily symptom data collection via an electronic diary and to examine the relationship between premenstrual symptom perception, severity and distress with academic stress. This sample consisted of 50 women with a mean age of 20(±.9) years living in campus housing of a private undergraduate rural college. Results determined it is feasible to utilize an electronic diary for daily prospective symptom and academic demand data collection. Surprisingly, in this sample of healthy undergraduate women, there were significantly higher numbers of symptoms perceived (7.16Â±3.8 follicular and 6.18±3.3 luteal, p=.001 and higher distress (.39±.3 follicular and .31±.3 luteal, p=.003) in the follicular phase than in the luteal phase. Academic stress findings indicated mild stress as measured by the Student-life Stress Inventory (Gadzella, 1991) and students overall perceived stress levels fell in the minimal to mild range. The academic demand component of academic stress measured daily frequency and distress associated with assignments, papers, projects/presentation and time studying. Within the follicular phase number of assignments due was significantly correlated to symptom perception and distress (.31, .37, respectively) and the number of projects/presentations due was correlated to symptom distress (.25) at p<.05. There were significant correlations between follicular phase symptom perception and distress, and luteal phase symptom distress with academic demand distress for assignments, papers, projects/presentations and time studying, indicating a relationship between distress components of symptom experience and some components of academic stress. These premier results about the relationship between symptom distress and academic stress warrants further exploration and development of a clearer conceptual definition of academic stress and clear and consistent operationalization of this phenomena.

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Bartoszuk, Karin. "Emerging Adulthood—A New Developmental Stage of Prolonged Adolescence?" Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2009. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4169.

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Reed-Fitzke, Kayla. "Changing Social Roles in the Context of Emerging Adulthood." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/secfr-conf/2019/schedule/35.

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Wright, Amber N. "Value Development in Emerging Adulthood: the Influence of Family." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2012. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc149689/.

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The purpose of this study was to better understand value development in an emerging adult, college student population, and to further define, identify and clarify family characteristics that influence values. Theories have sought to examine the developmental influences in emerging adulthood, but little research exists examining the role of the family, particularly in regards to value development. The current study reviewed the literature on emerging adulthood, values, and self-determination theory with attention to family influence. Questions addressed in this study included: 1) are perceived parent values predictors of emerging adult values, 2) will the quality of communication between parents and emerging adults and the presence of an emotionally supportive relationship with both mother and father moderate the relationship between the perception of parent values and emerging adult values, and 3) does the family environment influence the types of values emerging adults perceive to be important to their parents? For this purpose, 200 college students completed 5 different self-report questionnaires measuring the constructs of values, perceived parent values, family environment variables, family communication variables, and quality of relationship with both father and mother. Parents of college students completed a self-report questionnaire measuring their socialization values for their children and a questionnaire measuring family communication; however, the small number of parent responses prevented the data from being used in statistical tests. Multiple regression analyses indicated that perceived parent values predicted emerging adult values. Moderation analyses showed that family communication and the quality of the relationship with father and mother did not strengthen the relationship between perceived parent values and emerging adult values. Lastly, a warm family environment and family activities were significantly related to how important emerging adults’ perceived intrinsic values to be to both their father and mother. Family structure was significantly positively correlated the importance emerging adults’ perceived their fathers to place on extrinsic values, but not their mothers. Implications for the findings of the current study will be discussed, as well as, limitations and future research recommendations.

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Moradabbasi, Peiman, and Lisa Åsell. "The relationship between psychological wellbeingand attachment in emerging adulthood." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-52703.

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Youths’ transition into adulthood can be challenging, especially when this transition implies acontinuation of education, thus a continuation of the financial dependency in early adulthood.There are an array of developmental tasks and challenges young people go through, and some ofthese tasks can be conflicting: pursuing an academic track versus having financialindependence. These new challenges can impact on youths’ wellbeing.However, having a goodparentalandpeer attachment have been shown to ease these transitions and have positive effectson wellbeing.In this current study we aimed to examine if parental and peer attachment couldsignificantly predict outcomes in psychological wellbeing(i.e., presence of life satisfaction andselfesteemand absence of depression) in university students (Mean age=22.5, SD= 2.0). Theresults showed that parentalandpeer attachment are significantly related to youths’ lifesatisfaction with one exception. Father attachment was not related to youths’ selfesteem.Insummary parentalandpeer attachment do contribute to significant increases in psychologicalwellbeing.
Ungdomars övergång till vuxenlivet kan vara utmanande,speciellt när denna övergång innebär enfortsättning av utbildning, vilket leder till en fortsättning av att vara finansiellt beroende i tidigtvuxenliv. Det finns en mängd utvecklingsrelaterade uppgifter och utmaningar som unga personergår igenom och vissa av dessa uppgifter kan vara motstridande: att gå den akademiska vägeneller vara finansiellt oberoende. Dessa nämnda utmaningar kan påverka ungdomarsvälbefinnande. Dock har det visat sig att ha en god anknytning till föräldrar och vänner kanunderlätta dessa övergångar och samtidigt ha positiva effekter på välbefinnande. Målet medstudien var att undersöka om föräldraochvänanknytning kunde signifikant förklara utfall ipsykologiskt välbefinnande (närvaro av livstillfredsställelse och självkänsla och frånvaro avdepression) i universitetsstudenter (Medelålder= 22,5, SD= 2,0). Resultaten visade att föräldraochvänanknytning var signifikant relaterat till universitetsstudenters tillfredsställelse med livet.Det fanns dock ett undantag då anknytning till fadern ej var signifikant relaterat till självkänsla. Sammanfattningsvis bidrar föräldraochvänanknytning till signifikanta ökningar i psykologisktvälbefinnande.

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Beqiri, Ardita. "Urban-rural experiences of emerging adulthood : A qualitative study on emerging adults in Sweden." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-197234.

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The present study examined the subjective experiences young adults had during emerging adulthood. Particularly if their place of upbringing (urban area or rural area) was important to how this transition period was experienced, and participants’ identity. The sample consisted of 14 young adults (7 from a large city and 7 from a small town) in Sweden. The study included a cross sectional interview study, and the material was coded using thematic analysis. The results revealed that most participants’ viewed adulthood and its inclusive obligations similarly. Participants described this transition period as a time for identity exploration, offered possibilities, sensed insecurity and pressure, and the need to belong. In consideration of the above mentioned, there also existed differences in participants’ experiences of this period in relation to upbringing place. These urban-rural differences also occurred in identification, where young adults’ way of presenting themselves differed slightly in relation to their upbringing place.

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McKay, Melanie Easley. "Parenting Practices in Emerging Adulthood: Development of a New Measure." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2006. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1359.pdf.

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Wood, David L., T. Crapnell, L. Lau, A. Bennett, D. Lotstein, M. Ferris, and Alice Kuo. "Emerging Adulthood as a Critical Stage in the Life Course." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/5145.

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Book Summary: This handbook synthesizes and analyzes the growing knowledge base on life course health development (LCHD) from the prenatal period through emerging adulthood, with implications for clinical practice and public health. It presents LCHD as an innovative field with a sound theoretical framework for understanding wellness and disease from a lifespan perspective, replacing previous medical, biopsychosocial, and early genomic models of health. Interdisciplinary chapters discuss major health concerns (diabetes, obesity), important less-studied conditions (hearing, kidney health), and large-scale issues (nutrition, adversity) from a lifespan viewpoint. In addition, chapters address methodological approaches and challenges by analyzing existing measures, studies, and surveys. The book concludes with the editors’ research agenda that proposes priorities for future LCHD research and its application to health care practice and health policy. Topics featured in the Handbook include: The prenatal period and its effect on child obesity and metabolic outcomes. Pregnancy complications and their effect on women’s cardiovascular health. A multi-level approach for obesity prevention in children. Application of the LCHD framework to autism spectrum disorder. Socioeconomic disadvantage and its influence on health development across the lifespan. The importance of nutrition to optimal health development across the lifespan. The Handbook of Life Course Health Development is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians/professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology/science; maternal and child health; social work; health economics; educational policy and politics; and medical law as well as many interrelated subdisciplines in psychology, medicine, public health, mental health, education, social welfare, economics, sociology, and law.

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Allen, Kenneth D. "Selfobject Needs, Homophobia, Heterosexism, Among Gay Men During Emerging Adulthood." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/852.

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This study was conducted to determine the associations between homophobia and heterosexism, psychodynamics of the subconscious mind, and life satisfaction among gay men during emerging adulthood. Although researchers have reported on the psychological distress associated with antigay oppression, limited research is available on the psychodynamics of young gay men in the United States, a place known for prevalent homophobia and heterosexism. Kohut's theory of self psychology and self object needs served as the theoretical foundation for the study. Selfobject needs, perceived homophobic and heterosexist discrimination, and life satisfaction were explored in a national sample of 118 gay men aged 18-25 years. Data were collected using the Selfobject Needs Inventory, Gay and Lesbian Oppressive Situation Inventory, and Satisfaction with Life Scale in a secure internet-based survey. Analysis of the data revealed significant and positive bivariate correlations between antigay oppression and elevated selfobject needs. Elevated selfobject needs were also related to psychodynamic protective reactions and maladjustment. The study results also revealed a significant negative correlation between antigay oppression and life satisfaction. The social change implications of this study relate to treatment planning and developing social programs that aim to decrease antigay oppression by informing mental health clinicians and the wider public about the inter-relationships between homophobia, heterosexism, selfobject needs of young gay men, and their life satisfaction.

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Kitson, Mary Elizabeth. "Relational Adjustment of Former Foster Care Youth into Emerging Adulthood." Kent State University Honors College / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ksuhonors1430346201.

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McMillin, Jennifer. "The Paradox of Choice in Emerging Adulthood: Anxiety and Ambivalence." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1499426843058909.

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Jakobsen, Tanya Annalise. "Psychosocial experiences of type 1 diabetes diagnosed in emerging adulthood." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/58806.

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While advances in medical technology have enabled people with type 1 diabetes (T1D) to live longer lives with fewer complications, these interventions are only as effective as individuals' abilities to implement them. People diagnosed during emerging adulthood (i.e., ages 18-30) face high risk of poor health outcomes, as they must attempt to balance the demands of chronic illness with mastery of normative life tasks, namely identity exploration and development. To better understand the unique needs of this population, the present study investigates the lived experiences of people diagnosed with T1D during emerging adulthood. Interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA) was used to elucidate the accounts of four participants with T1D, and to develop a more general description of this shared phenomenon. Data were analyzed for hierarchical themes, and are presented alongside verbatim quotes from interview transcripts to substantiate researcher interpretations. This thesis research argues for the inclusion of counsellors in routine diabetes management, to address the psychological, social, and spiritual aspects of health that are currently neglected by mainstream medicine, and that interfere with successful disease management.
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Mansoory, Shahram. "Exploring global identity in emerging adults." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-79551.

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Recent literature has suggested that global identity and world citizenship are relevant capacities in an increasingly globalizing world. However, these concepts remain understudied. The current study aimed to explore qualities of these concepts with emerging adults and to examine their views of humanity and how these influence their decision-making. Interviews with 20 participants between the ages of 19-25 and a thematic analysis resulted in the identification of a number of themes. Global identity and citizenship, universally intrinsic, implicate global belongingness and stand as opposites to adversarial constructs. Humans, linked as one species sharing common skills, were recognized as essentially interdependent. Participants also depicted a sense of global responsibility and role unawareness in relation to humanity. The findings may serve as a springboard for a future scale development to measure these concepts.

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Heddleson, Lucia. "TINKERING WITH EMERGING ADULTHOOD: BONDING FACULTY BEHAVIORS CULTIVATING LIFE PROJECTS FOR AT-RISK EMERGING ADULT STUDENTS." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=casedm1559751731605712.

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Costin, Rebekah K. "Rejecting the myth : characterizations of emerging adulthood in three contemporary novels /." Electronic version (PDF), 2005. http://dl.uncw.edu/etd/2005/costinr/rebekahcostin.pdf.

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