Life at a stop sign : narrative plots of the transition to adulthood during unemployment among South African graduates

dc.contributor.authorVan Lill, Rinet
dc.contributor.authorBakker, Therese Maria (Terri)
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-08T05:59:31Z
dc.date.available2021-01-08T05:59:31Z
dc.date.issued2022-02
dc.description.abstractCompared to older cohorts, emerging adults are more susceptible to unemployment as they enter the labor market. In the context of increasing higher education access, an unstable economic climate is leaving a growing number of South African graduates unemployed. After the exploration that is typically part of higher education, unemployment could influence emerging adult graduates’ ability to make adult commitments. The aim of the current study was to gain both a detailed and a holistic perception of the developmental impact of unemployment during the transition to adulthood. A sample of 12 participants were recruited to partake in individual interviews. A narrative analysis revealed six common plotlines of progression and regression as the participants approached the goals they had set to achieve as adults. The findings illustrate the inability to accomplish adult commitments as a contributing factor in explaining the decrease in subjective well-being associated with unemployment specific to emerging adults.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentPsychologyen_ZA
dc.description.librarianhj2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://journals.sagepub.com/home/eaxen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan Lill, R. & Bakker, T.M. Life at a Stop Sign: Narrative Plots of the Transition to Adulthood During Unemployment Among South African Graduates. Emerging Adulthood. vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 124-134, doi:10.1177/2167696820937879.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2167-6968 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2167-6984 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1177/2167696820937879
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/77965
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherSageen_ZA
dc.rights© The Author(s) 2020en_ZA
dc.subjectUnemploymenten_ZA
dc.subjectGraduatesen_ZA
dc.subjectAdult commitmentsen_ZA
dc.subjectNarrativeen_ZA
dc.subjectSouth Africa (SA)en_ZA
dc.titleLife at a stop sign : narrative plots of the transition to adulthood during unemployment among South African graduatesen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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