Emerging Adulthood and Psychosocial Development in College

The Association Between Perceived Risk of COVID-19, Psychological Distress, and Internet Addiction in College Students: An Application of Stress Process Model

“…Emerging adulthood represents a critical development stage of neuro- and psychological maturity ( Murray, 2018 ). However, the COVID-19 delta variant imposes unique challenges to this population.…”

Deploying the Line to Study Young Adults’ Material-Discursive Identity Work and Its Slippery-Sticky Attachments to Developmentalism: A Diffractive Analysis

“…There is a clear path for continuing to make "easy sense" (Mazzei, 2014) of Rory's narrative. Momentarily following it further, we can readily discern how the theoretical discourse of, for example, emerging adulthood (Arnett, 2015;Murray & Arnett, 2019), provides an especially smooth and sturdy heuristic for explaining what Rory said about "hav[ing] no idea who [she was]" during a trip abroad through the model's forecast for her age/stage circumstances. The line of descriptive inscription is sturdy where, according to psychology scholar, Jeffery Arnett (2015), "based on my research over the past 20 years" (p. 8) there is clear evidence that a new stage of development exists between adolescence and adulthood characterized by five "main features": identity formation, instability, self-focus, feeling in-between, and "[p]ossibilities/optimism, when hopes flourish and people have an unparalleled opportunity to transform their lives" (p. 9).…”

“…To what did her "solid idea of an identity" stick? Which lines as the engine of young adult identity theory are made in Rory's categorically privileged image, and which lines leave her hanging (Figure 2)? Diffraction cracks open our thinking-with further, causing us to wonder what interference patterns from plugging into "third wave" theorizing of college student anti/development might produce as they encounter the current(s) wave of college student development theorizations that are combining with emerging adulthood (Murray & Arnett, 2019). In this diffractive activation, we are reminded of how subject-formation changes "with corresponding changes to the apparatus" (Barad, 2007, p. 106).…”

Messaging and Action around Race and Inclusion at a Predominantly White Institution: Perceived Dissonance of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Students

“…In the United States, college has increasingly become a central experience for emerging adults, with postsecondary education contexts influencing identity development, well-being, and life outcomes (e.g., Murray, 2018). In college, Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) individuals face unique stressors to their academic success, mental health, and identities (e.g., Hope et al, 2018; Taylor et al, 2014).…”