Pub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1177/21676968221143814
Paula Pustułka
The paper investigates intersections between two biographical processes, namely the transitions-to-motherhood and transitions-to-adulthood. Considering the research focused on transitions in the modern world, the paper looks at how transitions-to-motherhood are narrated in relation to both the general life situation and ‘objective’ adulthood markers, and the subjective understandings of whether one feels ‘like an adult’. Drawing on a qualitative longitudinal study (QLS) of becoming a mother in contemporary Poland, the paper explores three types of transitional sequences. The typology includes scheduled, detoured and accidental transitions-to-motherhood, conceptualized through the lens of broader chronologies of reaching adulthood. By leveraging a temporal lens enabled by QLS, the paper offers a new perspective on the marker of parenthood as the feature of contemporary transitions-to-adulthood.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-31DOI: 10.1177/21676968231180005
Catherine R. Drury, S. Armeli, Hannah R. Hamilton, K. Loeb, H. Tennen
The present study examined the mediating and moderating effects of affect-regulation (i.e., coping and enhancement) drinking motives in the relationship between eating disorder (ED) pathology and drinking outcomes. The sample included 419 undergraduate college students (52.0% female) who completed self-report questionnaire measures of ED pathology, drinking motives, drinking level, and drinking-related problems. ED pathology was positively associated with both coping and enhancement motivation and drinking-related problems. Results from mediation analyses indicated a positive indirect effect for ED pathology on drinking level through enhancement motivation and positive indirect effects for ED pathology on drinking-related problems (a) through coping motivation and (b) through enhancement motivation and number of heavy drinking days. Little evidence was found for the predicted moderating effects of drinking motives, and few gender differences were observed in the effects of interest. Findings support the notion that distinct motivational pathways underlie the association between ED pathology and alcohol-related outcomes.
{"title":"Eating Disorder Symptoms, Affect-Regulation Drinking Motives and Drinking-Related Outcomes","authors":"Catherine R. Drury, S. Armeli, Hannah R. Hamilton, K. Loeb, H. Tennen","doi":"10.1177/21676968231180005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231180005","url":null,"abstract":"The present study examined the mediating and moderating effects of affect-regulation (i.e., coping and enhancement) drinking motives in the relationship between eating disorder (ED) pathology and drinking outcomes. The sample included 419 undergraduate college students (52.0% female) who completed self-report questionnaire measures of ED pathology, drinking motives, drinking level, and drinking-related problems. ED pathology was positively associated with both coping and enhancement motivation and drinking-related problems. Results from mediation analyses indicated a positive indirect effect for ED pathology on drinking level through enhancement motivation and positive indirect effects for ED pathology on drinking-related problems (a) through coping motivation and (b) through enhancement motivation and number of heavy drinking days. Little evidence was found for the predicted moderating effects of drinking motives, and few gender differences were observed in the effects of interest. Findings support the notion that distinct motivational pathways underlie the association between ED pathology and alcohol-related outcomes.","PeriodicalId":47330,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Adulthood","volume":"11 1","pages":"1079 - 1090"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46274867","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-30DOI: 10.1177/21676968231178855
Anne C. Fletcher, Brittany N. Alligood, Melissa Chacon-Villalobos
American college students (N = 61) participated in semi-structured qualitative interviews focused on identifying topics students avoided discussing with their parents and reasons for avoiding these discussions. Interviews were transcribed and data analyzed using a cross-case, variable-oriented approach. Students discussed avoiding seven topics in conversations with parents. In order of frequency these were: Romantic Relationships and Sex; Physical and Mental Well-Being; School Decisions and Grades; Friends; Parties, Alcohol and Drug Use; Family Matters; and Personal Beliefs and Lifestyle Choices. Reasons for avoiding discussions with parents yielded four distinct parent-student relationship types: Appropriate Boundaries (43%), Guarding Privacy (30%), Protective of Parents (15%), and Disconnected (13%). Avoided topics associated with these relationship types and the ways in which students in these relationship types reflected on avoidance of topics with parents suggested distinct ways in which students negotiated components of autonomy development during the college years.
{"title":"“You Don’t Have to Share Everything, You Know”: College Students’ Decisions to Withhold Information From Parents","authors":"Anne C. Fletcher, Brittany N. Alligood, Melissa Chacon-Villalobos","doi":"10.1177/21676968231178855","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231178855","url":null,"abstract":"American college students (N = 61) participated in semi-structured qualitative interviews focused on identifying topics students avoided discussing with their parents and reasons for avoiding these discussions. Interviews were transcribed and data analyzed using a cross-case, variable-oriented approach. Students discussed avoiding seven topics in conversations with parents. In order of frequency these were: Romantic Relationships and Sex; Physical and Mental Well-Being; School Decisions and Grades; Friends; Parties, Alcohol and Drug Use; Family Matters; and Personal Beliefs and Lifestyle Choices. Reasons for avoiding discussions with parents yielded four distinct parent-student relationship types: Appropriate Boundaries (43%), Guarding Privacy (30%), Protective of Parents (15%), and Disconnected (13%). Avoided topics associated with these relationship types and the ways in which students in these relationship types reflected on avoidance of topics with parents suggested distinct ways in which students negotiated components of autonomy development during the college years.","PeriodicalId":47330,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Adulthood","volume":"11 1","pages":"893 - 908"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42611294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-12DOI: 10.1177/21676968231171200
Kıvanç Uzun, Zeynep Karataş
The aim of this study was to investigate whether optimism, self-compassion, altruism, and gratitude act as mediators in the relationship between cognitive distortions and emerging adults' forgiveness of themselves, others, and situations. The sample consisted of 488 university students in their emerging adulthood, comprising 66.20% females and 33.80% males, ranging in age from 18 to 32 years (M = 20.32, SD = 2.43). The data were collected using a demographic information form and six self-report scales. In addition to descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Bootstrap Analysis were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that optimism, self-compassion, altruism, and gratitude significantly mediated the relationship between cognitive distortions and forgiveness of self (b = −.109, %95 BCA CI [−.133 to −.086]), others (b = −.096, %95 BCA CI [−.117 to −.076]), and situations (b = −.099, %95 BCA CI [−.117 to −.082]). Self-compassion (K2 = −.14) was found to be the strongest mediator in the self-forgiveness model, followed by altruism (K2 = −.19) in the forgiveness of others model, and optimism (K2 = −.27) in the forgiveness of situations model. The study highlights the potential use of positive psychology concepts such as optimism, self-compassion, altruism, and gratitude to reduce the negative effect of cognitive distortions on emerging adults' forgiveness and to enhance their forgiveness skills.
{"title":"The Examination of the Mediator Role of Optimism, Self-Compassion, Altruism and Gratitude in the Relationship Between Cognitive Distortions and Forgiveness of Emerging Adults","authors":"Kıvanç Uzun, Zeynep Karataş","doi":"10.1177/21676968231171200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231171200","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this study was to investigate whether optimism, self-compassion, altruism, and gratitude act as mediators in the relationship between cognitive distortions and emerging adults' forgiveness of themselves, others, and situations. The sample consisted of 488 university students in their emerging adulthood, comprising 66.20% females and 33.80% males, ranging in age from 18 to 32 years (M = 20.32, SD = 2.43). The data were collected using a demographic information form and six self-report scales. In addition to descriptive statistics, Pearson Correlation Coefficient and Bootstrap Analysis were used to analyze the data. The results indicated that optimism, self-compassion, altruism, and gratitude significantly mediated the relationship between cognitive distortions and forgiveness of self (b = −.109, %95 BCA CI [−.133 to −.086]), others (b = −.096, %95 BCA CI [−.117 to −.076]), and situations (b = −.099, %95 BCA CI [−.117 to −.082]). Self-compassion (K2 = −.14) was found to be the strongest mediator in the self-forgiveness model, followed by altruism (K2 = −.19) in the forgiveness of others model, and optimism (K2 = −.27) in the forgiveness of situations model. The study highlights the potential use of positive psychology concepts such as optimism, self-compassion, altruism, and gratitude to reduce the negative effect of cognitive distortions on emerging adults' forgiveness and to enhance their forgiveness skills.","PeriodicalId":47330,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Adulthood","volume":"11 1","pages":"845 - 868"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46193876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-10DOI: 10.1177/21676968231174663
Roun Said, Tabitha Grier-Reed
This qualitative study used narrative inquiry to examine how five Midwestern Somali American emerging adults negotiated their Somali culture and their American culture into a coherent sense of self. Participants were primarily women (n = 4) and students (three undergraduate and one graduate). Merging or hybridizing cultural identities was one way participants found integration. Shifting or alternating identities was another. In general, dominant and conflicting cultural narratives presented challenges to integration and connected to themes of acculturative dissonance, exclusion, and contested American identity. Yet, robust competing narratives were transformative, undergirding the themes of Integrated and Owning It and Shifting Identities. Unlike conflicting narratives which existed in negative tension with dominant narratives, competing narratives existed in positive tension and provided a basis for frame-switching which empowered participants to shift identities with ease even as they contended with multiple master narratives.
{"title":"The Say Wallahi Generation: A Narrative Study of Bicultural Identity for Somali American Emerging Adults","authors":"Roun Said, Tabitha Grier-Reed","doi":"10.1177/21676968231174663","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231174663","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative study used narrative inquiry to examine how five Midwestern Somali American emerging adults negotiated their Somali culture and their American culture into a coherent sense of self. Participants were primarily women (n = 4) and students (three undergraduate and one graduate). Merging or hybridizing cultural identities was one way participants found integration. Shifting or alternating identities was another. In general, dominant and conflicting cultural narratives presented challenges to integration and connected to themes of acculturative dissonance, exclusion, and contested American identity. Yet, robust competing narratives were transformative, undergirding the themes of Integrated and Owning It and Shifting Identities. Unlike conflicting narratives which existed in negative tension with dominant narratives, competing narratives existed in positive tension and provided a basis for frame-switching which empowered participants to shift identities with ease even as they contended with multiple master narratives.","PeriodicalId":47330,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Adulthood","volume":"11 1","pages":"1147 - 1160"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47259099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-07DOI: 10.1177/21676968231174081
Lauren E. Philbrook, Grace Jia-Xin Chen, Riley A. Decker, Lucy B. Khaner
Loneliness is a pervasive concern among young adults that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying factors that mitigate the negative impact of loneliness is important for protecting young adults’ mental health and well-being. Among 188 undergraduates (71.8% women; 77.1% White), the present study examined physiological regulation and sleep quality as moderators of the association between loneliness and adjustment. Physiological regulation was assessed via resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a measure of parasympathetic activity. Participants self-reported loneliness, sleep quality, mental health symptoms, and positive affect/well-being. Three-way interactions were significant, such that at higher levels of loneliness, the combination of high resting RSA and high sleep quality was protective against elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms and low positive affect/well-being. Multi-pronged, tailored interventions that target improvement in loneliness, physiological regulation, and sleep quality based on an individual’s unique risk factors may best promote young adults’ adjustment.
{"title":"Loneliness and Maladjustment in Young Adults: The Protective Effects of High Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and Sleep Quality","authors":"Lauren E. Philbrook, Grace Jia-Xin Chen, Riley A. Decker, Lucy B. Khaner","doi":"10.1177/21676968231174081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231174081","url":null,"abstract":"Loneliness is a pervasive concern among young adults that has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. Identifying factors that mitigate the negative impact of loneliness is important for protecting young adults’ mental health and well-being. Among 188 undergraduates (71.8% women; 77.1% White), the present study examined physiological regulation and sleep quality as moderators of the association between loneliness and adjustment. Physiological regulation was assessed via resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), a measure of parasympathetic activity. Participants self-reported loneliness, sleep quality, mental health symptoms, and positive affect/well-being. Three-way interactions were significant, such that at higher levels of loneliness, the combination of high resting RSA and high sleep quality was protective against elevated anxiety and depressive symptoms and low positive affect/well-being. Multi-pronged, tailored interventions that target improvement in loneliness, physiological regulation, and sleep quality based on an individual’s unique risk factors may best promote young adults’ adjustment.","PeriodicalId":47330,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Adulthood","volume":"11 1","pages":"994 - 1005"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45718738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-27DOI: 10.1177/21676968231172550
S. Oh, Jaerim Lee
Many emerging adults receive parental financial assistance (PFA) to prepare for their future and career, but it can also be a psychological burden through parental career expectations. The purpose of this study was to examine whether actual PFA (APFA) and the evaluation of PFA (EPFA) were associated with Korean emerging adults’ psychological well-being both directly and indirectly through pressure from and the fulfillment of parental career expectations. Our data came from 1,107 never-married Korean emerging adults (593 women; 19-34-year-olds) who had at least one living parent. Structural equation modeling indicated that APFA was directly associated with higher life satisfaction while EPFA was directly related to both depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. Pressure from parental career expectations alone mediated the relationship between APFA/EPFA and depressive symptoms. The indirect relationship between APFA/EPFA and life satisfaction was also significant when pressure from career expectations and fulfillment of career expectations were sequential mediators.
{"title":"Parental Financial Assistance and Psychological Well-Being Among Korean Emerging Adults: Pressure from and Fulfillment of Parental Career Expectations as Mediators","authors":"S. Oh, Jaerim Lee","doi":"10.1177/21676968231172550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231172550","url":null,"abstract":"Many emerging adults receive parental financial assistance (PFA) to prepare for their future and career, but it can also be a psychological burden through parental career expectations. The purpose of this study was to examine whether actual PFA (APFA) and the evaluation of PFA (EPFA) were associated with Korean emerging adults’ psychological well-being both directly and indirectly through pressure from and the fulfillment of parental career expectations. Our data came from 1,107 never-married Korean emerging adults (593 women; 19-34-year-olds) who had at least one living parent. Structural equation modeling indicated that APFA was directly associated with higher life satisfaction while EPFA was directly related to both depressive symptoms and life satisfaction. Pressure from parental career expectations alone mediated the relationship between APFA/EPFA and depressive symptoms. The indirect relationship between APFA/EPFA and life satisfaction was also significant when pressure from career expectations and fulfillment of career expectations were sequential mediators.","PeriodicalId":47330,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Adulthood","volume":"11 1","pages":"1119 - 1130"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48303741","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-20DOI: 10.1177/21676968231171738
Abigail T. Stephan, Nora D. Hochstetter, V. Clark, Faiza M. Jamil
Though many emerging adults now have the opportunity to engage meaningfully with their grandparents, few studies have examined emerging adults’ perceptions of grandparent relationships and the roles taken on by grandparents and grandchildren. Informed by theories of psychosocial development, intergenerational solidarity, and sociocultural learning, this mixed methods study draws on closed- and open-ended survey items to explore emerging adults’ (N=52) characterizations of their relationships with grandparents in the United States. Results highlight the roles assumed by grandparents and emerging adult grandchildren often mirror each other, taking on instrumental, relational, and guiding qualities. The relationship itself was often described as a bond that is simultaneously punctuated by obstacles limiting close connections (e.g., geographic distance, challenging family dynamics). These findings suggest grandparent-grandchild relationships, both past and present, hold salience for emerging adults; researchers and practitioners should consider broader family systems when considering grandparent-grandchild relationships and their impact on individual development.
{"title":"From Supportive to Strained: A Mixed Methods Exploration of Emerging Adults’ Characterizations of Past and Present Grandparent-Grandchild Roles and Relationships","authors":"Abigail T. Stephan, Nora D. Hochstetter, V. Clark, Faiza M. Jamil","doi":"10.1177/21676968231171738","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231171738","url":null,"abstract":"Though many emerging adults now have the opportunity to engage meaningfully with their grandparents, few studies have examined emerging adults’ perceptions of grandparent relationships and the roles taken on by grandparents and grandchildren. Informed by theories of psychosocial development, intergenerational solidarity, and sociocultural learning, this mixed methods study draws on closed- and open-ended survey items to explore emerging adults’ (N=52) characterizations of their relationships with grandparents in the United States. Results highlight the roles assumed by grandparents and emerging adult grandchildren often mirror each other, taking on instrumental, relational, and guiding qualities. The relationship itself was often described as a bond that is simultaneously punctuated by obstacles limiting close connections (e.g., geographic distance, challenging family dynamics). These findings suggest grandparent-grandchild relationships, both past and present, hold salience for emerging adults; researchers and practitioners should consider broader family systems when considering grandparent-grandchild relationships and their impact on individual development.","PeriodicalId":47330,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Adulthood","volume":"11 1","pages":"933 - 946"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41578443","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-04-19DOI: 10.1177/21676968231166987
Somalis Chy
An increasing number of young adults are providing unpaid care to an older or dependent family member or friend. However, we know little about the relationship between adult caregiving and emerging young adults. Using 2017 and 2019 data on Transition into Adulthood Supplement and the main Panel Study of Income Dynamics, this study examines relationships between adult care and nationally representative of emerging adult caregivers’, aged 17-28, work, education, and well-being and compares them to non-caregivers. Findings show that close to 10% of emerging adults are caregivers. Regression analyses observing these relationships contemporaneously and roughly three years later provide suggestive evidence of fewer work hours, lower educational attainment, and a significant decline in emotional well-being associated with adult care hours. These findings demonstrate the growing need for paid family leave and mental health counseling to alleviate stress and improve overall economic, education, and social emotional development for emerging young adults.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-12DOI: 10.1177/21676968231170247
Evangelia P. Galanaki, Larry J. Nelson, Faye Antoniou
This study aimed to investigate the ways subtypes of social withdrawal and dimensions of solitude are related to existential concerns in emerging adulthood. The links between social withdrawal/solitude and existential well-being are a highly neglected research issue. Participants were 774 emerging adults (50.4% males) aged 18–25 (M = 20.07) from Greece. They completed measures on social withdrawal, solitude, authenticity, meaning in life, existential anxiety, and existential loneliness. We used structural equation modeling to analyze the data. Results indicated that shyness, avoidance, and isolation were associated with more existential concerns, whereas unsociability was associated with less existential concerns. The solitude dimensions—enlightenment, freedom, intimacy, and loneliness—were differentially associated with existential concerns, with enlightenment exhibiting the most existential benefits. Findings showed that existential well-being is dependent on emerging adults’ quality of withdrawal experiences and ability to make constructive use of solitude.
{"title":"Social Withdrawal, Solitude, and Existential Concerns in Emerging Adulthood","authors":"Evangelia P. Galanaki, Larry J. Nelson, Faye Antoniou","doi":"10.1177/21676968231170247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/21676968231170247","url":null,"abstract":"This study aimed to investigate the ways subtypes of social withdrawal and dimensions of solitude are related to existential concerns in emerging adulthood. The links between social withdrawal/solitude and existential well-being are a highly neglected research issue. Participants were 774 emerging adults (50.4% males) aged 18–25 (M = 20.07) from Greece. They completed measures on social withdrawal, solitude, authenticity, meaning in life, existential anxiety, and existential loneliness. We used structural equation modeling to analyze the data. Results indicated that shyness, avoidance, and isolation were associated with more existential concerns, whereas unsociability was associated with less existential concerns. The solitude dimensions—enlightenment, freedom, intimacy, and loneliness—were differentially associated with existential concerns, with enlightenment exhibiting the most existential benefits. Findings showed that existential well-being is dependent on emerging adults’ quality of withdrawal experiences and ability to make constructive use of solitude.","PeriodicalId":47330,"journal":{"name":"Emerging Adulthood","volume":"11 1","pages":"1006 - 1021"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46390974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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