GY130: Youth And Society

SGY130 - Youth and Society
Assignment 02

Choose either transitions, emerging adulthood or the narrative approach to examine how young people’s lives are affected by their class.

The theory of Emerging Adulthood presented by Arnett (2000), suggests a new concept of development between the late teens through the twenties, focusing on ages between 18 and 25 years, which is characterised by a prolonged stage of identity exploration. Arnett (2000, p. 469) affirms that “emerging adulthood exists only in cultures that allow young people a prolonged period of independent role exploration during the late teens and twenties”. To that note, the transition to adulthood seems to be increasingly prolonged as a result of social and economic changes,
An empirical example’, Journal of Youth Studies, University of Glamorgan, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 169-179, viewed 28 November 2012 http://www.tandfonline.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/doi/abs/10.1080/13676260903295067

Hendry, L B & Kloep, M 2007, ‘Conceptualising emerging adulthood: inspecting the emperor’s new clothes, Child Development Perspectives, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 74-79, viewed 12 January 2013, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/doi/10.1111/j.17508606.2007.00017.x/pdf

Heinz, W R & Marshall, V M 2003, ‘Social dynamics of the life course: Transitions, institutions and interrelations, Aldine de Gruyter, New York. Nelson, L J & Chen, X 2007, ‘Emerging adulthood in China: the role of social and cultural factors, Child Development Perspectives, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 86-91, viewed 12 January 2013, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.libraryproxy.griffith.edu.au/doi/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2007.00020.x/pdf Padilla-Walker, L M, Nelson, L J, & Carroll, J S 2011, ‘ Affording Emerging adulthood: Parental Financial Assistance of their College-Aged Children, Journal of Adult Development, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 50-58, viewed 12 December 2012,