What Alters the Experience of Emerging Adulthood? How the Experience of Emerging Adulthood Differs According to Socioeconomic Status and Critical Life Events
- Authors
- Landberg, Monique; Lee, Bora; Noack, Peter
- Issue Date
- 6월-2019
- Publisher
- SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
- Keywords
- emerging adulthood; socioeconomic status; critical life events; disadvantaged young adults; mixed methods
- Citation
- EMERGING ADULTHOOD, v.7, no.3, pp.208 - 222
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- EMERGING ADULTHOOD
- Volume
- 7
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 208
- End Page
- 222
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/64867
- DOI
- 10.1177/2167696819831793
- ISSN
- 2167-6968
- Abstract
- The present mixed-methods study examined the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and the experience of emerging adulthood (EA). In Study 1, the associations among SES, EA, and critical life events (CLEs) were explored. CLEs were examined as a mediator between SES and EA in a German sample (N = 3,269). Participants' educational attainment, SES, and occupation-related prestige were associated with the experience of EA. For example, lower SES was associated with higher perceived instability, with more experienced CLEs mediating this relationship. Lower SES was associated with a higher number of CLEs, which, for example, was related to more focus on others. In Study 2, interview data from emerging adults with low educational attainment who were engaged in vocational training (N = 12) were analyzed. In addition to reporting many CLEs, themes regarding their perception of their current life phase were established, indicating that low-SES youth experience aspects of EA as well.
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