Contemporary Czech Emerging Adults: Generation Growing Up in the Period of Social Changes

Autor/inn/en	Macek, Petr; Bejcek, Josef; Vanickova, Jitka
Titel	Contemporary Czech Emerging Adults: Generation Growing Up in the Period of Social Changes
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 22 (2007) 5, S.444-475 (32 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558407305417
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Psychological Characteristics; Developmental Stages; Social Characteristics; Freedom; Young Adults; Intimacy; Qualitative Research; Social Change; Psychological Patterns; Czech Republic + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Gesellschaftsbild; Freiheit; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Intimität; Qualitative Forschung; Sozialer Wandel; Tschechische Republik
Abstract	Similarly to other European countries, in the Czech Republic scholars can identify a developmental stage of emerging adulthood. There has been a lack of studies describing subjective feelings and personal everyday experiences of young Czechs at this age. Results of the quantitative Study 1 indicate that two thirds of respondents experience the present time as the age of feeling in-between. Demographic and social characteristics are related to the subjective developmental status. Psychological characteristics also differentiate: Compared with emerging adults, the adults consider themselves as more emotionally stable, have a clearer idea about their future, and view adult life as more attractive. Qualitative Study 2 aims to specify feelings and experiences of contemporary emerging adults. The respondents especially emphasize the feeling of freedom, which may be viewed in connection with social changes in Czech society. However, often freedom correlates with anxieties and doubts concerning not only individual competencies and possibilities but also others' behavior. (Contains 4 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10