# SSEA > Society for the Study of Emerging Aldulthood ## Posts - [The Marriage Paradox](https://www.ssea.org/the-marriage-paradox/): Why Emerging Adults Love Marriage Yet Push it Aside - [Anti-Racism and Social Justice](https://www.ssea.org/topic-network-1/): The objective of this topic network is to aid membership in taking an active role in utilizing pedagogy that reflects the changing diversity of students accessing higher education (i.e., best practices for creating inclusivity in the classroom through mindful teaching methods, course materials, and mentorship approaches). - [Emerging Scholars](https://www.ssea.org/topic-network-2/): The Emerging Scholar Topic Network aims to bring together resources for career advice, to create networking opportunities, and to establish collaborations to strengthen international research on emerging adulthood. This site serves as a home for a number of resources available to network members. These include webinar recordings, career development tools and advice, and a place to find research collaborators or share your research skills with potential collaborators. - [Finance Topic Network](https://www.ssea.org/finance-topic-network/): The Finance Topic Network (FTN) includes researchers from around the world who are interested in emerging adults’ financial situations, financial well-being, financial socialization, and transitions to financial independence. - [Friendship](https://www.ssea.org/friendship/) - [Health Promotion](https://www.ssea.org/health-promotion/): The Health Promotion Topic Network studies ways that emerging adults can better implement wellness lifestyles during this stage of development. We also look for ways that these healthy lifestyles can be promoted through education. - [Identity Topic Network](https://www.ssea.org/identity-topic-network/): The Identity Topic Network aims to broadly understand what it means to search and consolidate our senses of who we are, where we are going in life, and where we stand in relation to the broader social-cultural-historical milieu. - [Latin America](https://www.ssea.org/latin-america/): We recently relaunched the Latin America Topic Network! If you are working with Latin American Emerging Adults (EAs), are from a Latin American country interested in working on EA, or if you are working with Spanish or Portuguese speaking populations, you are welcome to join us. We aim to work in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. - [Media](https://www.ssea.org/media/): The Media Topic Network focuses on research centered around emerging adults’ engagement with media, including new forms (social media, smartphones) and old forms (television). The Network involves interdisciplinary work, spanning the psychological, sociological, and communication sciences. - [Mental Health](https://www.ssea.org/mental-health/): With a membership of almost 200 professionals, the Mental Health Topic Network convenes researchers and clinicians from many disciplines including psychology, sociology, public health, medicine, HDFS, social work, and other social and behavioral sciences. This robust membership offers an opportunity to network with persons across the academic spectrum, making a diverse and inclusive professional environment. - [Parents and Family](https://www.ssea.org/parents-and-family/) - [Prevention and Intervention](https://www.ssea.org/prevention-and-intervention/): The Prevention and Intervention Topic Network wants to provide a community and support for scholars and practitioners interested in prevention of mental health disorders and intervention topics among emerging adults. - [Psychotherapy](https://www.ssea.org/psychotherapy/): The Psychotherapy TN is a forum dedicated to aspects of the clinical practice (psychotherapy) for emerging adults (or their families). We wish to create a discussion about the theory and practice of Psychotherapy and consultation with emerging adults and their families. The TN will provide an opportunity to share information, views, and therapeutic experience among the members and develop new ideas on psychotherapy for emerging adults and their families. In addition, we, the TN, will assist in collaboration on projects, research, and dissemination that improves clinical outcomes while establishing bridges and synchrony between SSEA-rich research on EA and clinical practice. - [Religion and Spirituality](https://www.ssea.org/religion-and-spirituality/) - [Romantic Relationships](https://www.ssea.org/romantic-relationships/): The Romantic Relationships Topic Network is devoted to understanding emerging adults’ relationship formation, maintenance, and dissolutions as well as processes, outcomes, and successes. This topic network celebrates the platonic, romantic, and sexual aspects that intertwine with relationship development highlighting the bright and dark sides. We welcome participation around the diversity of relationship partnerships and invite the inclusion of relationship types and orientations, casual and committed, as well as monogamous and ethically non-monogamous. This topic network is invested in relationship education and intervention that promotes emerging adults’ individual and relational well-being (e.g., effective communication, mental health, problem solving, relationship satisfaction, violence[...] - [Sexuality](https://www.ssea.org/sexuality/) - [Student Affairs](https://www.ssea.org/student-affairs/): The Student Affairs topic network provides a community for scholars, researchers, and practitioners of student affairs. We look forward to connecting with you to support professional interests and explore potential opportunities for collaboration. - [Study Abroad](https://www.ssea.org/study-abroad/): The Study Abroad Topic Network focuses on well-being amongst emerging adults living outside of their home country. We presently have been busy discussing common research themes amongst members from USA, Australia, and Mexico. We developed our first common research experience. We would like to expand the network to other countries’ experiences and collaborations. - [Substance Use and Abuse](https://www.ssea.org/substance-use-and-abuse/) - [Work and Career](https://www.ssea.org/work-and-career/): The Work and Career topic network is focused on work and career development in its broad sense, encompassing emerging adults' transition to and engagement in educational and occupational roles, along with the connections between these roles and other aspects of life. This focus includes emerging adults who have entered the workforce and those who have not yet entered the workforce. - [Young Adult Development at the School-to-Work Transition](https://www.ssea.org/young-adult-development-at-the-school-to-work-transition/): International Pathways and Processes - [The Romantic Lives of Emerging Adults](https://www.ssea.org/the-romantic-lives-of-emerging-adults/): Getting from I to We - [A New Lens on Emerging Adulthood](https://www.ssea.org/a-new-lens/): A New Lens on Emerging Adulthood: Fluidity as the Path to Settling Down - [The Life Story, Domains of Identity, and Personality Development in Emerging Adulthood](https://www.ssea.org/the-life-story-domains-of-identity-and-personality-development-in-emerging-adulthood/): Integrating Narrative and Traditional Approaches - [The Experience of Emerging Adulthood Among Street-Involved Youth](https://www.ssea.org/the-experience-of-emerging-adulthood-among-street-involved-youth/): This volume utilizes the emergent adulthood framework to further our understanding of marginalized youth in contemporary societies. Using data from a longitudinal study named Risky Business, the authors outline the fundamental characteristics of emerging adulthood through the lens of stories of street-involved youth. These stories inform an understanding of the powerfulness of emerging adulthood theory as a “process;” in particular, they illustrate emerging adults’ view of adulthood as comprised of a) accepting responsibility for oneself, b) making independent decisions, and c) becoming financially independent. Further, street-involved youth experience and practice emerging adulthood, and then adulthood, unusually early and under unusual[...] - [Sexuality in Emerging Adulthood](https://www.ssea.org/sexuality-in-emerging-adulthood/): Sexuality in Emerging Adulthood provides a comprehensive overview of sexuality at the stage straddling adolescence and adulthood. The first section of the volume offers conceptualizations and foundational perspectives on sexuality in emerging adulthood, with topics including theory, developmental considerations, sexual behavior, sexual beliefs and attitudes, associations with romance, casual sex, and sexual orientation. The second section systematically examines contexts and socializing agents of sexual development, including parents, peers, media, and religion. The third section narrows in on the overarching theme of the series by addressing factors leading to flourishing and floundering in the area of sexuality during emerging adulthood, such[...] - [Leaving Care and the Transition to Adulthood](https://www.ssea.org/leaving-care-and-the-transition-to-adulthood/): International Contributions to Theory, Research, and Practice - [Generation Disaster](https://www.ssea.org/generation-disaster/): Coming of Age Post-9/11 - [Flourishing in Emerging Adulthood](https://www.ssea.org/flourishing-in-emerging-adulthood/): Positive Development During the Third Decade of Life - [Emerging Adults' Religiousness and Spirituality](https://www.ssea.org/emerging-adults-religiousness-and-spirituality/): Meaning-Making in an Age of Transition - [Emerging Adulthood](https://www.ssea.org/emerging-adulthood/): Emerging Adulthood (EA) is the flagship journal of SSEA published by SAGE. It is an interdisciplinary and international journal for advancements in theory, methodology, and empirical research on development and adaptation during the late teens and twenties. It covers clinical, developmental and social psychology, and other social sciences. The journal seeks manuscripts that advance basic and applied knowledge of normative and atypical development during emerging adulthood, in addition to other topics. - [13CEA Conference](https://www.ssea.org/12cea-conference/): Thriving in Complexity - [Cultivating Student Success](https://www.ssea.org/cultivating-student-success/): The last book of the Emerging Adulthood Series published by Oxford University Press and sponsored by SSEA is Cultivating Student Success. The book’s editors are Tisha A. Duncan and Allison A. Buskirk-Cohen. Higher education in the United States is facing a critical juncture. Tuition costs are rising, while measures of success are declining. Students struggle to meet the most basic academic requirements, barely passing their courses, while others battle physical and mental health difficulties that profoundly impact their ability to do well in college. This book responds to these challenges, offering a holistic collection of practices to guide those working[...] - [Call for Nominations for New SSEA Editor](https://www.ssea.org/university-of-amsterdam-ph-d-vacancy/): The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood began in 2003 and launched the journal Emerging Adulthood in 2013. As our discipline has grown in leaps and bounds, we are delighted to launch this new chapter to expand the opportunities to bring together scholars and practitioners more seamlessly with this new journal through APA known as Applied Studies in Emerging Adulthood (ASEA). APA has announced this partnership on their website: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/sea/partnership-announcement. Our webpage is now live. To learn more about the journal’s aim and scope: https://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/sea, We are delighted to name Dr. Luzelle Naude (SSEA Governing Council Member, Professor of[...] ## Pages - [Poznań, Poland, 2026](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/poznan-poland-2026/): Montreal, Canada - [Montreal, Canada, 2027](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/montreal/): Montreal, Canada - [Whova App Download](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/whova-app-download/): Attendees will be able to click the links to download the app. Get our official event app, Get the most out of the app and have a more productive experience! 1 NAVIGATE the event agenda and logistics, even without Wi-Fi or data. Access useful information like ridesharing and local attractions through the Community Board 2 NETWORK effectively. Plan whom to meet by exploring attendee profiles and sending out messages 3 PARTICIPATE in event activities through session likes, comments, ratings, live polling, tweeting, and more iOSAndroid For Blackberry or Windows Phone, Click here For feature details, visit Whova - [2025 Election](https://www.ssea.org/2025-election/): Please vote for nominees here: Nominee for President Joseph R. Schwab Associate Professor of Psychology, Bridgewater State University Bio: Joseph R. Schwab is an Associate Professor of Psychology at Bridgewater State University. He is an editorial board member of multiple journals (Emerging Adulthood, Identity) and recently co-edited a book in the Emerging Adulthood Series published by Oxford University Press. His research focuses on the narrative construction of identity in emerging adults, using interviews and surveys to explore how people create meaning and purpose in their lives through the stories they tell about morality, religion and spirituality, gender, adulthood, and life[...] - [President's Message](https://www.ssea.org/presidents-message/): Dear SSEA Community, Colleagues, and Friends, As I write my final message as President of SSEA, I reflect on our journey together over the past two years. It has been an immense privilege to serve this society—a community built on intellectual curiosity, collaboration, and a deep commitment to advancing the study of emerging adulthood. As my term draws to a close, I want to express my gratitude for our collective work, acknowledge the transitions ahead, and extend a warm invitation to continue engaging in the SSEA’s next phase. Looking back, I am proud of our strides in strengthening our society’s[...] - [Arnett Dissertation Awards](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/arnett-dissertation-awards/): Awards Nominee Dissertation Title Regencia, Zypher Body Image Perception and Skin-Lightening Practices on Mental Health of Emerging Filipino Adults Al-Saadi, Riham Preserving My Arab Self While Finding My Home in Canada Konings, Femke The Digitalization of Dating Dynamics Chung, Haeyoon Stereotypes, Discrimination, and Ethnic Identity among Asian American Emerging Adults during COVID-19 Honorable Mentions Nominee Dissertation Title Carter, Joseph Strength and Stigma Among Racially Minoritized Gender Diverse Emerging Adults Westberg, Dulce Wilkinson Who Am I? Exploring Narrative Identity Through an Intersectional Framework Papp, Leanna Sexualized Aggression in College Drinking Settings - [Program](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/program/): Full schedule/program below. Loading… Powered By Whova Conference Meeting Apps Invited Presidential Roundtable and SSEA-SRA Joint Session: Supporting Vulnerable Youth in a Post-Pandemic World Directly following the Presidential Address, a roundtable discussion will occur to converse about the role that COVID-19 pandemic has played on adolescents and emerging adults. Four scholars coming from one or both professional societies (Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and the Society for Research on Adolescence) will share their research and clinical experience from around the globe on adolescents and emerging adults who are most vulnerable by virtue or one or more factors. They[...] - [Special Functions](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/special-functions/): The SSEA 12CEA Conference Committee is excited to share an exciting events added to this year’s conference schedule in South Carolina. Gala Buffet Join us on Thursday, June 5th for a night of fun, food, and connection with scholars from across the SSEA at the conference gala buffet dinner. In addition to a multi-course buffet, the dinner will include several activities that will get you mingling, bonding and creating new meaningful connections with other scholars from the field. The price for this event is $65/person and includes two drink tickets. People of Color Luncheon Join colleagues for a People of[...] - [Preconference Workshops](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/preconference-workshops/): Preconference workshops take place, Wednesday, June 4 between 9am-5pm – Pre-conference events (separate registration required). Name of Preconference   Topic Network(s) June 4th, 2025 Morning session 9am-12pm Afternoon session 1pm-5pm SSEA & International Society for Research on Identity (ISRI) Identity Pre-Conference Identity Topic Network and ISRI Full-day session SSEA & International Society for Research on Identity (ISRI) Identity Pre-Conference Identity Topic Network and ISRI Half-day session(choose morning or afternoon) Works in Progress Emerging Scholars Morning session Emerging Adults’ Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Prevention and Intervention: Case Illustrations and Common Themes Mental Health, Prevention Intervention, and Psychotherapy Afternoon session 2025 SSEA &[...] - [Venue Information](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/venue-information/): Dear SSEA Conference Attendees Traveling from Outside the USA, As you continue planning your travel for the conference in Charleston, we want to share some resources to assist you in preparing for cross-border travel. If you have any specific questions or concerns, please let us know. Travel Advisories Before traveling to any destination abroad, please ensure you have reviewed the most up-to-date information on your government’s travel advisory information. For information on safety and security as well as entry and exit requirements for the United States, please visit:  https://www.cbp.gov/travel Changing US Requirements The required documentation for some travel to the United States has been updated. These[...] - [Hotel Registration](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/hotel-registration/): Please select your dates and book your guest room below before May 5, 2025. Hyatt Place and Hyatt House Rooms are no longer available for the HYATT PLACE CHARLESTON – HISTORIC DISTRICT ROOM BLOCK –FULLY COMMITTED– Room Type Room Rate Run of House $269.00 Above room rates are for Standard King or Queen/Queen guest room at Hyatt Place Charleston – Historic District for single/double occupancy. Additional charges of $10.00 per person will apply for Triple or Quad Occupancy. Rooms are no longer available for the HYATT HOUSE CHARLESTON – HISTORIC DISTRICT ROOM BLOCK –FULLY COMMITTED– Room Type Room Rate Studio[...] - [Conference Registration](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/charleston-conference-registration/): Conference registration rates are based on membership and non-membership. If you are already a member, you will be given one option based on your current membership when you register. Non-members are given the option of registering as a non-member, registration with one year membership, or registration with a two year membership. You will need to create a user account in order to register. Any questions, please feel free to email Lisa at coordinator@ssea.org Member Registration Rates – Early Bird (ends 4/20/25) Early Bird to 4/20/25 4/21/25 – Regular Member $310 $365 Post-Doc/Emerging Scholar $255 $310 Student $135 $185 Developing Country[...] - [Guidelines for Presenters](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/call-for-proposals/): Congratulations on having your proposal accepted for the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood conference in Charleston, SC, on June 4-6, 2025! The following guidelines will help you prepare for your session. You’ll be notified about your assigned day and time in mid-April, and participants in paper sessions will be informed who the Session Chair is at that time so you can begin communications about your plans. Organized Individual Paper Sessions Each Paper Session is scheduled for 60 minutes and includes three or four papers. Paper sessions must be organized as follows:• 2 minutes for introductory comments by the[...] - [Speakers](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/speakers/): Keynote Address Dr. Lene A. Jensen Teaching and Studying Emerging Adults in Today’s Global World: The Cultural-Developmental Approach As an alternative to the universalizing theories of the 20th century, the cultural-developmental approach offers a distinctive perspective. What is the cultural-developmental approach, and what possibilities does it offer for researching emerging adults from Sub-Saharan Africa to Thailand to the United States? Just as importantly, how can a cultural-developmental approach inform how we teach psychology to today’s emerging adults? Discover concepts, methods, and digital tools for teaching with a cultural-developmental perspective: a perspective that not only helps students to understand their own[...] - [Newsletter Archive](https://www.ssea.org/resources/newsletter-archive/): The following newsletters have been archived from previous mailings. SSEA_December_2023_Newsletter SSEA_April_2022_Newsletter SSEA_October_2020_Mini-Conference_Newsletter SSEA_May_2020_Newsletter - [Events](https://www.ssea.org/events/):        SSEA Webinars November 2025 ISRI, in collaboration with our colleagues at SSEA, is excited to invite you to ISRI’s first webinar for the academic year of 2026. Join us for a roundtable discussion titled: Crossing Borders, Shifting Selves: Conversations on Immigration and Identity Development On Monday, November 17th, 2025 8:45am CST, 9:45am EST, 15:45pm Central Europe,.16:45pm Israel, 23:45 Japan. The meeting will last for 75 minutes  (Please double check your local time zone compared to 8:45am CST). Join us as prominent scholars in the field discuss issues related to Identity and Immigration. We will explore the history of the field, tracing the[...] - [SSEA YouTube](https://www.ssea.org/ssea-youtube/): For a complete listing of all SSEA YouTube videos, please see our channel here. February 2025 The Evolution of Family conversations during the Teen to Emerging Adult Years The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA) and the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) present a joint webinar titled “The evolution of family conversations during the teen to emerging adult years”, presented by Dr. Ciara Smalls Glover. The talk will be held on Zoom on Wednesday February 19, 2025 from 2-3pm EST.  Presenter: Dr. Ciara Smalls Glover is the principal investigator of Project P.A.Th.S., a mixed-method, longitudinal, multisite project sponsored by[...] - [Emerging Adulthood](https://www.ssea.org/publications/emerging-adulthood/): Emerging Adulthood (EA) is the flagship journal of SSEA published by SAGE. It is an interdisciplinary and international journal for advancements in theory, methodology, and empirical research on development and adaptation during the late teens and twenties. It covers clinical, developmental and social psychology, and other social sciences. The journal seeks manuscripts that advance basic and applied knowledge of normative and atypical development during emerging adulthood, in addition to other topics. 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The horrific shootings in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday March 16, was the latest event in an escalating environment of hatred and unwarranted attacks against the AAPI people. From the Page Act of 1875[...] - [Publications and Related Readings](https://www.ssea.org/resources/publications-and-related-readings/): Articles Books - [11CEA Conference Awards](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/11cea-conference-awards/): Several awards were handed out at the SSEA Conference in San Diego and an additional award was distributed just prior to the meeting. Congratulations to all of the winners for their contributions to the field. Jeffrey Jensen Arnett Outstanding Dissertation Award: Sam McKay, Orygen and The University of Melbourne; Dissertation Title: Identity change and development as a potential explanatory mechanism of the outcomes of student exchange experiences Dr. Sam McKay is a postdoctoral researcher at Orygen, and the Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne where he currently leads the education research stream in the Suicide Prevention research group. Sam’s research[...] - [Charleston, South Carolina June 4-6, 2025](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/south-carolina-2025/): Beautiful Charleston, South Carolina, USA, is home of SSEA’s 12th conference on emerging adulthood. Thriving in Complexity Emerging adulthood is always a time of change, growth, and challenge, and today’s generation is arguably experiencing this stage in an unprecedentedly complicated era. They’re entering a workforce drastically altered by the COVID-19 pandemic and a shift away from traditional employment; politics in many nations are polarized and divisive; wars and poverty are driving record-breaking forced migration; and climate change is a source of dread about the future for young people, with social media providing constant reminders about these issues. As a result,[...] - [Frequently Asked Questions](https://www.ssea.org/resources/faq/): The following information is often requested by members: How do we contact SSEA? Best mode of contact is by email: coordinator@ssea.org. Please note that this is not a continually monitored email box and there might be a small delay. Where is SSEA? SSEA is a virtual entity however, for tax purposes and legal reasons, SSEA is “housed” at Clark University. Date established as a 501 (c)(3)? 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Publications and Readings This page contains a[...] - [Conference Archive](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/conference-archive/): 2023 Conference on Emerging Adulthood, San Diego, CA, USA (please see attached 11CEA conference program in .pdf format) 2021 Conference on Emerging Adulthood, virtual Conference (no 10CEA conference program available) 2019 Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Toronto, Canada (please see attached 9CEA conference program in .pdf format) 2017 Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Washington, DC, USA (please see attached 8CEA conference program in .pdf format) 2015 Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Miami, FL, USA (please see attached 7CEA conference program in .pdf format) - [San Diego, California, 2023](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/san-diego-2023/): Beautiful San Diego, CA, was home of SSEA’s 11th conference on emerging adulthood. Presidential Lecture, Dr. Byron G. Adams Byron G. Adams is an Industrial/Organizational Psychologist from Johannesburg, South Africa. He holds a Ph.D. in Cross-Cultural Psychology from Tilburg University, the Netherlands. He is currently an Assistant Professor in Work and Organizational Psychology at Tilburg University, the Netherlands and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Keynote, Dr. Alan Reifman Alan Reifman, professor at Texas Tech University, and colleagues have developed a measure called the Inventory of the Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood (IDEA), which assesses exploration,[...] - [Leadership and Committees](https://www.ssea.org/commettee/): Executive Committee Governing Council Emerging Scholar Representatives Staff Past Presidents Past Executive Director Appointed Committees Communications Committee Webinar/Events Committee Membership Committee Mentorship Committee - [Conferences](https://www.ssea.org/conferences/): For details on past and future conferences, please see key highlights below. More information is available by sending a request to coordinator@ssea.org. Charleston, South Carolina, 2025 Thriving in Complexity Go to conference page > San Diego, California, 2023 Flourishing in Context: A Strengths-Based Approach to Emerging Adulthood Go to conference page > Conference Archives Go to archives page > - [History](https://www.ssea.org/about/history/): Since 2003, SSEA has been at the forefront of emerging adulthood research. Supported by the field’s preeminent researchers from around the world, the society has organized international conferences and launched a scholarly journal. As we look toward continuing study in this under-researched field, the SSEA is developing new ways for scholars to exchange ideas, coordinate research, and find new opportunities. - [Mission](https://www.ssea.org/about/mission/): The mission of SSEA is to advance the understanding of development in emerging adulthood through scholarship, education, training, policy, and practice. This goal is promoted through biennial meetings, the flagship journal Emerging Adulthood, and a website that includes information on topics, events, and publications about emerging adults from diverse backgrounds, cultures, and countries. Membership is open to researchers, policymakers, educators, and practitioners with special interests in development during this period of life. As an international society, SSEA recognizes that identities, structural inequities, and historical legacies shape development. 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