Galanaki Evangelia, Leontopoulou Sophie
Department of Primary Education, School of Education, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Department of Primary Education, School of Education, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
Eur J Psychol. 2017 Aug 31;13(3):417-440. doi: 10.5964/ejop.v13i3.1327. eCollection 2017 Aug.
This study investigated emerging adulthood and transition to adulthood in Greece, a highly underresearched issue in this country. Participants were 784 university students aged 17.5-27.5 years. Criteria for the transition to adulthood, developmental features of emerging adulthood, perceived adult status, views of the future (optimism), and sociodemographic variables were assessed. The results support the existence of emerging adulthood as a distinct life period in Greece. More than two thirds of the sample were self-perceived emerging adults. Most prevalent criteria were Norm compliance and Family capacities. Developmental features of emerging adulthood ranked high, especially Identity exploration, Experimentation/possibilities, and Feeling "in-between". Statistically significant variations emerged as a function of gender, age, living arrangement, job experience, and perceived adult status. Views of the future were cautiously optimistic. Similarities with existing data and differences related to the specific characteristics of the Southern European context are discussed.
本研究调查了希腊的成年初显期以及向成年期的过渡，这在该国是一个研究严重不足的问题。参与者为784名年龄在17.5至27.5岁之间的大学生。评估了向成年期过渡的标准、成年初显期的发展特征、感知到的成人身份、对未来的看法（乐观程度）以及社会人口统计学变量。结果支持成年初显期作为希腊一个独特生命阶段的存在。超过三分之二的样本自我认定为成年初显期个体。最普遍的标准是规范遵守和家庭能力。成年初显期的发展特征得分较高，尤其是身份探索、尝试/可能性以及感觉“处于两者之间”。作为性别、年龄、居住安排、工作经历和感知到的成人身份的函数，出现了具有统计学意义的差异。对未来的看法是谨慎乐观的。讨论了与现有数据的相似之处以及与南欧背景的特定特征相关的差异。
