Symposia Chairs: Please note that you are responsible for introducing the speakers in your symposium and managing the time in your respective sessions.
Friday
February 18, 2005
Location
8:00a.m. 3:00p.m.
Registration
International Boardroom
1 1:50 p.m.
Keynote Speaker
Bill Damon
Building blocks of character in emerging adulthood: The quest for purpose and moral identity
Gateway 1-2
2 3:30 p.m.
Symposia Session I
Session A
Interventions with emerging adults
Stoneman Douglas
Session B
Sexuality in emerging adulthood
Deering
Session C
Family relationships in emerging adulthood
Flagler
3:30 3:45 p.m.
Coffee Break
Foyer
3:45 5:15 p.m.
Symposia Session II
Session A
Identity and the quality of psychosocial functioning during emerging adulthood (SRIF/SSEA symposium)
Gateway 1-2
Session B
Romance in adolescence and emerging adulthood: The impact on individual development and romantic relationship competency
Calder
Session C
Emerging adulthood: The search for mechanisms
Deering
5:30 6:30 p.m.
Poster
Session I
Individual development during emerging adulthood
Identity & self; mental health, substance use, and problem behaviors; sexuality & gender; trajectories
Gateway 3-4
6:30 8:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and Society for Research on Identity Formation
Foyer
Saturday February 19, 2005
Location
7:30 8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
Foyer
8:30 10:00 a.m.
Symposia Session III
Session A
Normative sexual development in emerging adults
Gateway 1-2
Session B
Theoretical perspectives on emerging adulthood
Stoneman Douglas
Session C
International issues of emerging adulthood
Deering
10:00 10:15 a.m.
Coffee Break
Foyer
10:15 11:45 a.m.
Symposia Session IV
Session A
Projects of the MacArthur Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood
Gateway 1-2
Session B
Romantic relationships during emerging adulthood
Stoneman Douglas
Session C
Issues of self during emerging adulthood
Deering
12 noon 1 p.m.
Boxed Lunch
Foyer
12 noon 1 p.m.
WT Grant Funding Information Session
Stoneman Douglas
1 2 p.m.
Debate
Cote v. Arnett: Emerging adulthood: A time of thriving or floundering? For Whom and Why?
Gateway 1-2
2:00 3:30 p.m.
Symposia Session V
Session A
Embracing the heterogeneity of trajectories and pathways during emerging adulthood: Conceptual and methodological implications
Gateway 1-2
Session B
Substance use in emerging adulthood
Stoneman Douglas
Session C
Gender issues during emerging adulthood
Deering
3:30 3:45 p.m.
Coffee Break
Foyer
3:45 4:45 p.m.
Poster Session II
Contexts and relationships of emerging adulthood
Family; Friendship, romance, & marriage; College; Residential Transitions; Work & education; Media; Society