Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood
Positive Development During the Third Decade of Life
Edited by Laura M. Padilla-Walker and Larry J. Nelson
Table of Contents
Foreword by Lene Arnett Jensen
About the Editors
Contributors
Section 1: Positive Development during Emerging Adulthood
1. Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood: An Understudied Approach to the Third Decade of Life
Laura M. Padilla-Walker and Larry J. Nelson
2. Identity Formation and Moral Development in Emerging Adulthood
Daniel Lapsley and Sam A. Hardy
Emerging Adult Essay: Between "being" and "having": How faith and charity changed my life
3. The Role of Purpose Among Emerging Adults
Kendall Cotton Bronk and Rachel Baumsteiger
Emerging Adult Essay: Be japy - We make people happy
4. Healthy Transitions to Family Formation
Erin Holmes, Geoffrey Brown, Kevin Shafer, and Nate Stoddard
Emerging Adult Essay: Success Through Hands and Feet
Emerging Adult Essay: Charlie and Me
5. Healthy Transitions to Work
Phil Gardner and Georgia Chao
Emerging Adult Essay: Surviving the Usual
Emerging Adult Essay: What Color is your Collar
6. The Role of Civic and Political Participation in Successful Early Adulthood
Dan Hart and Anne Van Goethem
Emerging Adult Essay: History Shapes Us, Molds Us, and is Part of Us
Emerging Adult Essay: Generation Citizen
7. Environmental Activism in Emerging Adulthood
Kyle Matsuba, Susan Alisat, and Michael Pratt
Emerging Adult Essay: Founder, Spirit Bear Youth Coalition
Emerging Adult Essay: Turning our Unfortunate Past into our Strengths: The Story of Ruganzu
8. Positive Relationships as an Indicator of Flourishing During Emerging Adulthood
Laura Padilla-Walker, Madison Memmott-Elison, and Larry Nelson
Emerging Adult Essay: Change
Emerging Adult Essay: Grandparents' Influence on Developmental Growth
9. "I Think, Therefore I Do": Cognitions Related to Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood
Larry Nelson, Nathan Jorgensen, and Adam Rogers
Emerging Adult Essay: Marriage: It is our cornerstone rather than capstone
Section 2: Unique Opportunities for Service during Emerging Adulthood
10. National Service as an Institutional Pathway to Flourishing
Victoria Faust and Constance Flanagan
11. Cultural Immersion as a Context for Promoting Global Citizenship and Personal Agency in Young Adults
Bryan Sokol, Katie Gauthier Donnelly, Justin Vilbig, and Katie Monsky
Emerging Adult Essay: Crossing Borders
Emerging Adult Essay: Finding Purpose Through a Romanian Adventure
12. Military Service in Midlife
Meredith Kleykamp, Ryan Kelty, and David Segal
Emerging Adult Essay: Taking the Long Road
13. Crucibles of Transformation: Religious Service and Emerging Adults
Pamela King and Christine Merola
Emerging Adult Essay: Sweden: A Beautiful Crucible
Emerging Adult Essay: My Crucible Flame: My Encounter with the Street Children of Lima, Peru
Section 3: Positive Development Around the World
14. Positive Development in Africa
Joseph Lah Lo-oh
Emerging Adult Essay: Overcoming Challenges During Young Adulthood
Emerging Adult Essay: My Life My Struggle
15. Volunteer Work among Young Adults in Asia
Ben Law, Daniel Shek, and Rosemary Liang
Emerging Adult Essay: The positive impact of volunteerism on young adults
16. Flourishing Through Participation: Positive Young Adult Development in Australia and New Zealand
Bonnie L. Barber
Emerging Adult Essay: Sport as a vehicle for growth
17. Flourishing in European Emerging Adults: The Challenges of Positive Development in a Continent of Inequality
Oliver Robinson and Rita Zukauskiene
Emerging Adult Essay: In a strange land but a stranger no more
18. Positive Development in Latin American Emerging Adults
Alicia Facio, Maria Cecilia Sireix, and Maria Eugenia Prestofelippo
Emerging Adult Essay: I Believe
Section 4: Positive Development in the Face of Challenge
19. Former Foster Care Youth and Resilient Functioning in Young Adulthood: Predictors of Success and Future Research Directions
Manfred Van Dulmen and Haylee DeLuca
Emerging Adult Essay: Stepping in when others step back
20. Healing From Inner City Violence
Jocelyn R. Smith Lee
21. Offender Rehabilitation and Reentry during Emerging Adulthood: A Review and Introduction of a New Approach
Michael Rocque, Judy Plummer-Beale, and Agneiska Serwick
22. The Transition to Adulthood for Those With Disabilities
Ryan Kellems, Dawn Rowe, Denya Palmer, and Caroline Williams
Emerging Adult Essay: Jenny Lu Designs
Emerging Adult Essay: Life Moving Forward: A Personal Perspective on Transitioning into Adulthood
23. Emerging Adults Who have Flourished Through a Physical Health Challenge
Jaehee Yi, Tian Tian, and Jonghee Kim
Emerging Adult Essay: Cancer: Why I can't look at anything the same again
24. Positive Development during Emerging Adulthood for Queer Populations
Christina Peter, Russell Toomey, Justin Heinze, and Stacey Horn
Emerging Adult Essay: Pathways to positive development for Queer Emerging Adults
25. Emerging Adults and Migration: Diversity and Social Contributions
Hinda Seif and Jason Jenkins
Index