A developmental perspective on sleep consistency: Preschool age through emerging adulthood

Romantic breakups are common among youths. Yet “why” they occur is not well understood. In adolescence and emerging adulthood, unique characteristics of romantic participation call for investigation of breakups from a developmental perspective. Our principal objective was to map out breakup reasons of adolescents and emerging adults, accounting for relevant theory and research on both age-groups. We considered the role of age, gender, and dating stage (casual vs. serious) on youths’ breakup reasons. Results revealed a five-factor scale with affiliation, intimacy, autonomy, infidelity, and status as unique factors. Consistent with theory and research, we found similarities and differences in how youths of different age, dating stage, and gender endorse these reasons. These findings are consistent with the notion that breakups stem from a failure of romantic relationships to meet youths’ emerging romantic needs, and that there is considerable continuity in these relational dimensions from adolescence into emerging adulthood.

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Generational Perspectives on Emerging Adulthood

10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199795574.013.11 ◽

2014 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jacob A. Paulsen ◽

Moin Syed ◽

Kali Trzesniewski ◽

M. Brent Donnellan

Keyword(s):

Young People ◽

Emerging Adulthood ◽

Emerging Adults ◽

Historical Context ◽

Developmental Perspective ◽

Future Research ◽

Extensive Discussion ◽

The Social ◽

Generational Changes ◽

Nuanced Understanding

Sociologists, psychologists, and others in the social sciences generally agree that the nature of adulthood is different now from what it was 50 years ago. There is much less agreement, however, on what these changes mean for the psychological experience of emerging adults. There has been extensive discussion and debate in the academic literature and popular press about whether there have been generational changes in how young people view themselves and their place in society. This chapter explores the debate over the self-focused nature of emerging adulthood from a generational perspective, focusing on the construct of narcissism. The authors review past and current conceptualizations and measurements of narcissism, summarize the ongoing debate about the nature of young people today, discuss narcissism from a lifespan developmental perspective, and offer suggestions for future research. Throughout, the authors emphasize the historical context of narcissism and societal beliefs about young people more broadly and stress that a generational perspective must be considered alongside a developmental perspective (i.e., individual ontogenetic change) to provide a more nuanced understanding of emerging adulthood.

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Call for Papers: Emerging Adulthood and Media Use: Adding a Developmental Perspective

Journal of Media Psychology Theories Methods and Applications ◽

10.1027/1864-1105/a000317 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 33 (4) ◽

pp. 240-241

Keyword(s):

Emerging Adulthood ◽

Media Use ◽

Developmental Perspective

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Biracial Testing: The Question of Clinicians' Influence on Children’s Test Performance

Language Speech and Hearing Services in Schools ◽

10.1044/0161-1461.0801.05 ◽

1977 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 5-14 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

David L. Ratusnik ◽

Roy A. Koenigsknecht

Keyword(s):

Clinical Setting ◽

Test Performance ◽

Test Scores ◽

Preschool Age ◽

Speech And Language ◽

Black And White ◽

Drawing Test ◽

Lower Socioeconomic ◽

Preschool Age Children

Six speech and language clinicians, three black and three white, administered the Goodenough Drawing Test (1926) to 144 preschoolers. The four groups, lower socioeconomic black and white and middle socioeconomic black and white, were divided equally by sex. The biracial clinical setting was shown to influence test scores in black preschool-age children.

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