title: The implications of adult identity for educational and work attainment in young adulthood.
abstract: This study investigates the relation of young adult identities (ages 18-22 years), reflecting subjective age and psychosocial maturity, to educational and career attainment in young adulthood (ages 25-29 years). Add Health data show that having an older subjective age alone does not curtail attainment; the critical issue is the level of psychosocial maturity that accompanies subjective age. Those with older subjective ages and low psychosocial maturation have the lowest attainment at ages 25-29 years, while those with older subjective ages and high psychosocial maturation show considerable progress toward work-related attainment. For those with younger subjective ages, a lower level of psychosocial maturity is not as detrimental to attainment.
authors: Sociology and Anthropology Department, Colgate University, Hamilton, NY, USA.
authors: Janel E
authors: JE
authors: Benson
authors: Monica Kirkpatrick
authors: MK
authors: Johnson
authors: Glen H
authors: GH
authors: Elder
mesh_terms: D000124:Achievement; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D004522:Educational Status; D004651:Employment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011584:Psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D014481:United States; D055815:Young Adult