Abstract
Emerging adults are persistent users of information and communication technology (ICT), with young women between 18-29 being the highest users of ICT in the United States. Relatively little research has investigated how young women internalize experiences of emerging adulthood in the context of their development, and especially intimate relationships. Using qualitative interviews with young adult women, this chapter will explore how high ICT use mediates the developmental tasks of forming an adult identity and intimate relationships. Emerging adult women (18-29) who were high users of ICT (N=22) described their user habits and discussed their developmental trajectories and experiences. Findings demonstrated that identity and intimacy are still pertinent developmental tasks for emerging adults but have changed in nature allowing a fluidity that challenges the bounds of traditionally developmental theories.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Recent Advances in Digital Media Impacts on Identity, Sexuality, and Relationships |
Publisher | IGI Global |
Pages | 39-61 |
Number of pages | 23 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781799810650 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781799810636 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Nov 29 2019 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Social Sciences