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Emerging Adulthood, a 21st Century Theory: A Rejoinder to Hendry and Kloep
Author(s) -
Arnett Jeffrey Jensen
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
child development perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1750-8606
pISSN - 1750-8592
DOI - 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2007.00018.x
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , psychology , life course approach , diversity (politics) , value (mathematics) , early adulthood , class (philosophy) , developmental psychology , epistemology , young adult , sociology , history , anthropology , philosophy , archaeology , machine learning , computer science
—I offer a rejoinder to Hendry and Kloep’s critique of my theory of emerging adulthood. We differ in our perspectives in that I see more value than they do in overall terms for and conceptions of periods of the life course, including emerging adulthood. Also, they claim a greater influence for social class on well‐being in emerging adulthood than I believe is warranted. However, we agree on the necessity of investigating the diversity of paths through emerging adulthood and in recognizing its cultural and historical context.