Emerging Adulthood Summary

The article, “Race, Ethnicity, and Emerging Adulthood: Retrospect and Prospects”, by Moin Syed and Lauren L. Mitchell was conducted in 2013 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, MN. The researchers state, “The purpose of this article is to fill this gap by conducting a conceptual review of the literature on race, ethnicity, and emerging adulthood. In addition, the purpose of this article is to provide a review of what is known, and what remains to be known, about the role of race and ethnicity for emerging adulthood” (Mitchell & Syed, 2013, p. 83). The intent of this study was to determine what considers an individual to be classified as emerging adulthood based on the contribution to the family and social class levels. Researchers defined the term emerging adulthood as a term “that applies to a developmental period of the life span, roughly of age 18-29” (Mitchell & Syed, 2013, p. 83).
Researchers utilized five primary components or pillars, which are: “the age of instability, the age of possibilities, the age of self-focus, the age of feeling in-between, and the age of identity exploration.” They were implemented and applied as one of the methods in their research designs. The first component or pillar is the age of …show more content…
For instance, the researcher states, “Some critics have suggested that emerging adulthood is a luxury of the White middle class. There have been few focused studies or reviews to support or refute that claim. Because there is little research that directly assesses the role of race/ethnicity for emerging adulthood, we drew heavily from existing research that addresses the topic indirectly. There are no straight answers to these questions that are in the study. Future researchers will use this review to gain clarity on these and other questions of great importance to racial/ethnic minorities” (Mitchell & Syed, 2013, p.