
This volume utilizes the emergent adulthood framework to further our understanding of marginalized youth in contemporary societies. Using data from a longitudinal study named Risky Business, the authors outline the fundamental characteristics of emerging adulthood through the lens of stories of street-involved youth. These stories inform an understanding of the powerfulness of emerging adulthood theory as a "process;" in particular, they illustrate emerging adults' view of adulthood as comprised of a) accepting responsibility for oneself, b) making independent decisions, and c) becoming financially independent. Further, street-involved youth experience and practice emerging adulthood, and then adulthood, unusually early and under unusual conditions. By examining this developmental process, the book makes a valuable contribution to research on the causes and consequences of the early onset of adulthood, the experience of instability in emerging adulthood, and the importance of social institutions' presence or absence during this period of life.
This book investigates how the framework of emerging adulthood applies to marginalized populations, specifically street-involved youth, and how their developmental trajectory differs from normative expectations. The authors, Cecilia Benoit, Doug Magnuson, and Mikael Jansson, utilize longitudinal data from the Risky Business study to analyze the transition to adulthood. They argue that while street-involved youth define adulthood through traditional markers like financial independence and self-responsibility, they often reach these milestones under accelerated and unstable conditions.
What You Will Find
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Experts in sociology and developmental psychology recognize this text as a significant contribution to the study of non-normative life transitions. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the effectiveness of the authors in bridging theoretical frameworks with qualitative personal narratives.
Page Count:
288
Publication Date:
2020-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190672625
ISBN-13:
9780190672621
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