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The study of transitions to adulthood requires us to think through the complexities and assumptions around the belief that there is a categorical difference between what it means to be an adolescent and what it means to be an adult.
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Benjamin, A., Crymble, S.B. (2017). A Re-Imagination of the Transition to Adulthood. In: Laros, A., Fuhr, T., Taylor, E.W. (eds) Transformative Learning Meets Bildung. International Issues in adult Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-797-9_20
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