Youth Transition To Adulthood

Youth transition is a term used to signify theory and research on a group of young people in transition towards adulthood. In understanding what Youth transition is, it is also important to understand what adulthood is or more explicitly how a person is defined as an adult. One key question is whether there is a universal benchmark to qualify to be an adult. Society provides an answer to this question, with varying degrees of structure and explicitness. It is believed that there are five transitions that signal someone has reached adulthood. The transition to adulthood is signalled by the completion of education, the beginning of full-time employment, independence, the rite of passage towards marriage and eventually parenthood after the arrival of

The prospect in a women’s life course are also more discontinuous than men’s, as they are more likely to express career ambiguity than men, as they are more likely to leave employment when they become a parent (Moen & Orrange, 2002). By now the median ages for these transition are in the late twenties in every industrialized society, and rising rapidly in developing countries (Arnett, 2007). According to Pamela Aronson 2008 article on young woman’s transition to adulthood, through a series of interview she found out that young woman in college focuses on exploring their interest, talents and identities and delaying their transition to adult. She further explained that middle class woman focused on identity exploration rather than career development. This is probably due to the fact that college was considered a time to develop themselves socially and to explore their academic interests. Although this is considered a good thing to be well educated but one must practice caution so as not to be underutilised (FYA Unlimited Potential,