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Psychologist: Young adults hit hard by pandemic’s toll on mental health
Lost jobs and life disruptions contribute to 18- to 29-year-olds’ distress
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Jeffrey Jensen Arnett: Remote work compounds young adult loneliness, anxiety
As the COVID-19 pandemic forced workers out of traditional offices and into remote situations, members of Generation Z started to enter the workforce. These young people, born in or after 1997, graduated from college or landed their first jobs while the world was shutting down, and have never worked in an office. Could this…
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Clark psychologist offers expertise of emerging adulthood to fight ‘failure to launch syndrome’
Even before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of 18-to-29-year-olds living with their parents was increasing. High rent, college debt, and paralyzing societal (and parental) expectations — now exacerbated by the pandemic’s disruptions —are making it hard for some young men to leave home. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, senior research scholar in psychology, weighs in…
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Professor Jeffrey Arnett’s expertise featured on The Conversation US
Psychologist authors article on trend of emerging adults moving back home