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Showing 1 to 20 of 188 for “"emerging adults"”.
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Emerging Adults and the Elusiveness of Commitment
… the lack of responsible commitment among emerging adults and proposes biblical analyses and direction toward fostering an authentic commitment in emerging adults in the context of mentoring and discipleship. The thesis begins with an introduction of the emerging adult and how this social …
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Emerging Adults and Chronic Pain: Exploring the Impact of Chronic Pain on Emerging Adults and their Ability to Adapt
Emerging adulthood is a period of exploration and uncertainty where individuals between 18 and 29 years old investigate the abundance of opportunities available to them in regard to love, work, and worldviews. Although chronic pain is typically not life threatening, it does pose a myriad of …
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Protective Factors For Emerging Adults With Subclinical Adhd
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR EMERGING ADULTS WITH SUBCLINICAL ADHD</p> <p>by</p> <p>OLIVIA A. McGARRAGLE</p> <p>May 2013</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Stephen Hillman</p> <p>Major: Educational Psychology</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>This study investigated the understudied and …
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Predictors of help-seeking behavior in emerging adults
… seek help for these problems, especially in the emerging adult population. While research has been done on the effect of individual variables (e.g., attachment style) on help-seeking, there is no published research that attempts to create a larger, overarching model to predict help-seeking. In …
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Emerging Adults In College: Assessing Expectations And Perceptions
… The study examines the utility of Arnett's emerging adults model to describe how freshmen at a regional university perceive the role of college in their lives. Application of metaphor theory reveals that students view college as either a commodity to be exchanged for a desired future …
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Mental Health Service Utilization among African American Emerging Adults
<p>Mental illness affects 25-30% of US adults ages 18 years and older in a given year. Of those individuals, about 41% fail to utilize mental health services. Research indicates that being African American and between the ages of 18 and 29 are associated with decreased rates of service utilization. …
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Emotional Social Networks and Interpersonal Communication of Emerging Adults
… networks and interpersonal communication of emerging adults, focussing on both general patterns and individual differences, with data collected via questionnaire. Thirty-seven questionnaires were completed by students at Durham University aimed at eliciting details on their intimate social …
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The Relationship Between Facebook Use and Religiosity Among Emerging Adults
… the past few decades there has been a trend of emerging adults (18-25 year olds) leaving the institution of religion and embracing a more personal religion, claiming to be `spiritual, but not religious.' For emerging adults, this is the first time in their lives that they have been in control of …
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Ready or Not? Perceptions of Marriage Readiness among Emerging Adults
… current culture of marriage preparation among emerging adults and the primary factors that influence their attitudes about marriage and family life. A total of 254 students from five universities in the United States completed questionnaires on criteria for marriage readiness and criteria for …
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Positive Body Image Among Female Emerging Adults: A Mixed Methods Design
… groups of strengths and barriers among female emerging adults (EAs) to examine characteristics that are associated with PBI and how PBI may protect against depressive symptoms. Participants (N = 1,464) completed a battery of measures at Time 1 (Mage = 20.23, SDage = 2.32) and a subset of …
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Practising identity : emerging adults, digital social technologies and contexts for self
… throughout the lives of digital native emerging adults has had significant implications for the identity practices of these individuals, and consequently creates a diverse and emergent space for researching digitally networked practices. The pervasiveness of digital social technologies …
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Personal And Social Factors In Risk-Taking Behaviors Of Emerging Adults
… emotion regulation. The participants were 427 emerging- adult, undergraduate students 18 to 25 years of age (who were) enrolled in a large, Midwestern, urban university. The self-report surveys were distributed in classes, completed at home, and returned one week later. The Cognitive Appraisal …
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Risk Taking Behaviors In Emerging Adults And Peer, Sibling & Parental Relationships
<p>Research shows emerging adults are more likely than younger and older cohorts to engage in such risky behaviors. However, research on the outcomes of emerging adults and their relations with peers, parents, and siblings is less conclusive. The purpose of this study was to examine the association …
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Defining Success: The Perspective of Emerging Adults with Foster Care Experience
… the concept of “success” from the perspective of emerging adults with experience in the foster care system and to identify patterns among the characteristics and behaviors of foster families that promote success as these young adults transition out of the foster care system and into adulthood. …
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Competencies and problems of poor and non-poor American emerging adults
… explaining offending among contemporary American emerging adults aged 18-25 years old. Consistent with developmental perspectives, factors affecting life circumstances of emerging adults are also examined as risk (poverty) and buffers (neighborhood cohesion, economic emerging adults exhibit low …
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The Relationship Between Family Structure Instability and Depression in Emerging Adults
… instability relates to depressive symptoms in emerging adults, considering family functioning and race as additional factors. Using retrospective reports of family structure disruptions during childhood and adolescence, data from 399 emerging adults were analyzed to examine the relationship …
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SUICIDE COGNITIONS AMONG ARAB AMERICAN EMERGING ADULTS: RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
… for suicide cognitions among Arab American emerging adults. Structural equation modeling was utilized to test the hypothesized model, but findings suggested the data better fit a path regression model. Gender significantly predicted suicide ideation. A model was subsequently identified and …
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The Impact of Natural Disasters on Academic Achievement Amongst Emerging Adults
Natural disasters are largely unexpected, and their disruptive nature can devastate people’s homes, their finances, and their psychological well-being. Less, however, is known about the extent to which natural disasters can impact students’ academic achievement levels. Previous studies on natural …
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Mosh pits and mental health: metal communities and emerging adults' well-being
… and the mental well-being of so-called "emerging adults" within these communities. Building upon previous research on these relationships, I examine how emerging adult mental well-being is affected – both positively and negatively – by engagement and involvement in metal music …
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