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      La transición a la edad adulta en Colombia: una lectura relacional Translated title: The transition to adulthood in Colombia

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          Los adultos jóvenes se han convertido, en las últimas décadas, en un asunto de debate e investigación evolutiva y social, tanto en psicología, como en otras disciplinas relacionadas. Este reciente interés se justifica en la tendencia contemporánea de las sociedades occidentales industrializadas a la prolongación de la adolescencia y la postergación del comienzo de roles adultos comunes. No obstante, en países emergentes, como Colombia, los estudios son muy escasos, la mayor parte basados en encuestas. Con base en una perspectiva relacional-intergeneracional (establecida por Vittorio Cigoli y Eugenia Scabini), la presente investigación exploró cualitativamente, mediante entrevistas semi-estructuradas la transición a la vida adulta de 40 adultos jóvenes colombianos, 20 mujeres y 20 hombres. Los resultados fueron confrontados con la teoría contemporánea dominante en este campo (la “adultez emergente” en países desarrollados, propuesta por Jeffrey J. Arnett), la cual no predice los resultados de un país en vías de desarrollo como Colombia. En cambio, se encontró una fuerte presencia del apoyo familiar como característica fundamental para la transición a la adultez en Colombia, fenómeno que se deriva naturalmente de la teoría relacional-intergeneracional.

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          In last decades, young adults have become in a matter of debate and social and developmental research, both in psychology and related disciplines. This recent interest is justified in the contemporary trend of industrialized Western societies to prolonged adolescence and delay the onset of common adult roles. However, in emerging countries like Colombia, there are very few studies, mostly based on surveys. Based on the relational-intergenerational perspective (set by Vittorio Cigoli and Eugenia Scabini), this research explored qualitatively by semi-structured interviews the transition to adulthood of 40 Colombian young adults: 20 women and 20 men. Results were compared with the dominant contemporary theory in this field (“emerging adulthood” in developed countries, proposed by Jeffrey J. Arnett), which does not predict the results of a developing country like Colombia. In contrast, there was a strong presence of family support as a key characteristic for the transition to adulthood in Colombia, a phenomenon that arises naturally from the relational-intergenerational theory.

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          Emerging adulthood. A theory of development from the late teens through the twenties.

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          Emerging adulthood is proposed as a new conception of development for the period from the late teens through the twenties, with a focus on ages 18-25. A theoretical background is presented. Then evidence is provided to support the idea that emerging adulthood is a distinct period demographically, subjectively, and in terms of identity explorations. How emerging adulthood differs from adolescence and young adulthood is explained. Finally, a cultural context for the idea of emerging adulthood is outlined, and it is specified that emerging adulthood exists only in cultures that allow young people a prolonged period of independent role exploration during the late teens and twenties.
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            <b><i>Identity: Youth and Crisis</i> collects Erik H. Erikson's major essays on topics originating in the concept of the adolescent identity crisis. </b><br><br>Identity, Erikson writes, is an unfathomable as it is all-pervasive. It deals with a process that is located both in the core of the individual and in the core of the communal culture. As the culture changes, new kinds of identity questions arise—Erikson comments, for example, on issues of social protest and changing gender roles that were particular to the 1960s.<br> <br> Representing two decades of groundbreaking work, the essays are not so much a systematic formulation of theory as an evolving report that is both clinical and theoretical. The subjects range from "creative confusion" in two famous lives—the dramatist George Bernard Shaw and the philosopher William James—to the connection between individual struggles and social order. "Race and the Wider Identity" and the controversial "Womanhood and the Inner Space" are included in the collection.
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              Learning to Stand Alone: The Contemporary American Transition to Adulthood in Cultural and Historical Context

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                apl
                Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana
                Av. Psicol. Latinoam.
                Universidad del Rosario (Bogotá )
                1794-4724
                June 2010
                : 28
                : 1
                : 99-112
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Universidad Católica de Milán Italy
                [2 ] Universidad del Rosario Colombia
                [3 ] Universidad Católica de Milán Italy
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                S1794-47242010000100009
                f68f0b1b-4108-48d1-9a1c-390c71cb5088

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                Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                young adults,emerging adulthood,relational-intergenerational perspective,crosscultural research,semi-structured interview,Colombia,adultos jóvenes,adultez emergente,perspectiva relacional-intergeneracional,investigación transcultural,entrevistas semiestructuradas

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