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Emerging adulthood provides an interesting inquiry into identity flexibility because it is a period of opaque identity metamorphosis. The emerging adult’s identity is a complex system of dichotomies: adolescent vs. adult, freedom vs. responsibility, expectations vs. exploration, and the overall sense of bouncing between all of these. The simple explanation of this phenomenon is contingent upon the answer to the following question: “what is an adult?” If one knows this answer, then one knows his or her level of identification within the adolescent-adult continuum.
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Boardman, L. (2017). An Experiential Exploration of Identity During Emerging Adulthood: The Impact of Growth Experiences on Emerging Adulthood Characteristics. In: Sinnott, J. (eds) Identity Flexibility During Adulthood. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55658-1_4
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