Emerging adults are taking a longer time to construct their identities, including commitment to partners, and they are doing so in the context of an unpredictable, shifting global economy with a paucity of guidelines to inform their choices. While popular wisdom suggests they are narcissistic, entitled, easily distracted, self-absorbed, and impatient, traits that certainly do not position them to be "successful" romantic partners, this book presents alternative perspectives that are grounded in theory and practice. It articulates the tensions between opposing dynamics, the desire for a…mehr
Emerging adults are taking a longer time to construct their identities, including commitment to partners, and they are doing so in the context of an unpredictable, shifting global economy with a paucity of guidelines to inform their choices. While popular wisdom suggests they are narcissistic, entitled, easily distracted, self-absorbed, and impatient, traits that certainly do not position them to be "successful" romantic partners, this book presents alternative perspectives that are grounded in theory and practice. It articulates the tensions between opposing dynamics, the desire for a committed, trusting, long-term relationship, and the need to protect oneself and continue to grow as an individual in the event that such a relationship never materializes.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Varda Konstam is Professor Emerita in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. Her work is enriched by 30 years of teaching doctoral and masters level students as well as over fifteen years of working with emerging adults, couples, and families across a range of clinical settings. Dr. Konstam received her BA in psychology from the City College of New York and her PhD in School Psychology from Fordham University, New York. She has written two previous texts related to emerging adulthood and has published many articles on the topic of work and love during emerging adulthood.
Inhaltsangabe
* Chapter 1. Introduction * Chapter 2: Identity: Becoming an I, Becoming a We * Chapter 3: Premarital Romantic Commitment * Chapter 4: Sacrifice: An Unfolding Narrative * Chapter 5: Techno-Romance and Emerging Adulthood * Chapter 6: Casual Sexual Relationships and Encounters * Chapter 7: The Breakup: Dissolution of Premarital Romantic Relationships * Chapter 8: Pathways Toward Adulthood: Building Roads, Creating Detours in Work and Love * Chapter 9: Love and Living LGBTQ * Chapter 10: For Better or ... Not: Marriage and the Emerging Adult * Chapter 11: Divorce and its Aftermath * Chapter 12: Summary and Syntheses
* Chapter 1. Introduction * Chapter 2: Identity: Becoming an I, Becoming a We * Chapter 3: Premarital Romantic Commitment * Chapter 4: Sacrifice: An Unfolding Narrative * Chapter 5: Techno-Romance and Emerging Adulthood * Chapter 6: Casual Sexual Relationships and Encounters * Chapter 7: The Breakup: Dissolution of Premarital Romantic Relationships * Chapter 8: Pathways Toward Adulthood: Building Roads, Creating Detours in Work and Love * Chapter 9: Love and Living LGBTQ * Chapter 10: For Better or ... Not: Marriage and the Emerging Adult * Chapter 11: Divorce and its Aftermath * Chapter 12: Summary and Syntheses
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