ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

What Is an Adult?: A Prototype Analysis of Attributes of Adulthood

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Developmental Psychology

  • Kathleen Russell
    Linfield University
  • Paris Green
    Linfield University
  • Alexandra Walter
    Linfield University
  • Maya Pillon
    Linfield University
  • Yanna Weisberg
    Linfield University
  • Cara Ray
    Linfield University

Abstract

What is an adult? 137 participants listed 20 attributes that described adulthood. Results were coded for 20 participants based on Arnett’s markers of adulthood, which showed most attributes did not fit into any categories. Prototype analysis will be performed to find emergent themes of adulthood which will contribute to theory.

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