What is it about?
For many years, psychologists thought that people become adults when they get married, when they have children, when they get a full-time permanent job or when they move out of their parents' place. In the last years, they decided that people become adults when they perceive themselves as such. The link between the two conceptualizations has not been investigated. This study investigates whether getting married, having children, having a job and moving out from the parents' place is related to perceiving oneself as an adult, in Greek men and women aged 25 to 29 and 30 to 35.
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Why is it important?
Our findings show that disregarding the social role transitions when studying the transition to adulthood makes sense for men between 25 and 35 and for women between 25 and 29. The age of 30 seems to signify some important difference in the way women see themselves.
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Writing this article helped us critically evaluate the existing literature and make the case for a phenomenon that may be unique in the Greek society.
Dr. Georgios Vleioras
University of Thessaly
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This page is a summary of: Social Role Transitions and Perceived Adulthood Status, Emerging Adulthood, August 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2167696817722470.
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