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Understanding emerging adulthood from a goal‐setting perspective
Author(s) -
Shulman Shmuel,
Nurmi JariErik
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.277
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , psychology , goal orientation , intervention (counseling) , goal setting , time perspective , goal pursuit , field (mathematics) , life course approach , affect (linguistics) , adult development , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , computer science , mathematics , communication , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , pure mathematics
Abstract The chapter first introduces the concept of emerging adulthood as a period of life that is characterized by instabilities and fluctuations. Then, the role of goal setting and aspirations in individual development during this stage of life is discussed. Following this, seven chapters of the present special issue are introduced, and the ways in which goal processes affect individual trajectories and outcomes are discussed. The chapter concludes with a discussion of future perspectives in the field, such as the need to investigate the relationships between goals and goal adjustment, the need to carry out cross‐cultural comparisons, as well as the need to develop intervention based on goal and aspiration framework. © Wiley Periodicals, Inc.