There is still a lot of development to come after age 30. Source: Jeffrey Arnett Do adults develop? Or are we all, to paraphrase a chapter title from Douglas Coupland’s novel Generation X, “Dead at 30 ...

“I am most excited about the freedom that I will have when I graduate from high school. The freedom that I am searching for is not to escape my family or anything of the sorts, but the freedom of ...

European Journal of Population, Vol. 23, No. 3/4, Becoming a Young Adult: An International Perspective on Transition to Adulthood (Oct., 2007), pp. 251-272 (22 pages) This article explores how ...

What image comes to mind when you think of a person in their 20s? Do you imagine an adult stressed out by the weight of many new responsibilities in family and work roles? Or do you envision someone ...

Today’s teens are on a slow road to adulthood, putting off risky behaviors from drinking to sex, but also delaying jobs, driving, dating and other steps towards independence, according to a new study ...

The financial crisis changed a lot of things: the labor market, housing, consumer spending and saving habits and the nature of psychological development. Young adults are increasingly moving back home ...

What moments in your life do you consider a transition into adulthood? How do society’s expectations provide an understanding of what it means to “become an adult”? Completing school, finding a career ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Too many kids today are heading off to college or work only to discover that they lack the skills they need to navigate adulthood successfully. Developmental psychologist Dr.

The transition to adulthood is critical but often misunderstood. As societal and economic changes have created new demands and challenges for young people, particularly those in the 18- to 25-year-old ...

What do we do? Why do we do that? How do we grow? What things change us? When do our patterns snatch us? Our positive and negative patterns help us transform and lead us to exhibiting similar sorts of ...