The question that we are analyzing is whether emerging adulthood is a developmental stage or not. Thus, one of the things that we should considered is if emerging adulthood is universal. Jeffery Jensen theory of emerging adulthood does not fully encompass the idea of universality. On the contrary this stage depends on the cultural context (beliefs, values, rules and communication) in which people develop in and the kind of social institutions they encounter. For example, if we look at the developed countries like the United States, Canada, western Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, which consist of only 18% of the total world population, and contrast them to the developing countries. Developing
The question that we are analyzing is whether emerging adulthood is a developmental stage or not. Thus, one of the things that we should considered is if emerging adulthood is universal. Jeffery Jensen theory of emerging adulthood does not fully encompass the idea of universality. On the contrary this stage depends on the cultural context (beliefs, values, rules and communication) in which people develop in and the kind of social institutions they encounter. For example, if we look at the developed countries like the United States, Canada, western Europe, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New Zealand, which consist of only 18% of the total world population, and contrast them to the developing countries. Developing