Romantic Lives of Emerging Adults

Romantic Lives of Emerging Adults PDF Author: Varda Konstam
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ISBN: 9780190639792
Category : SOCIAL SCIENCE
Languages : en
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Book Description
Emerging adults are taking a longer time to construct their identities, including commitment to partners, and they are doing so in the context of an unpredictable, shifting global economy with a paucity of guidelines to inform their choices. While popular wisdom suggests they are narcissistic, entitled, easily distracted, self-absorbed, and impatient, traits that certainly do not position them to be ""successful"" romantic partners, this book presents alternative perspectives that are grounded in theory and practice. It articulates the tensions between opposing dynamics, the desire for a commi.