Kazumi Sugimura

TL;DR: This review presents some of the demographics of emerging adulthood in high-income countries with respect to the prevalence of tertiary education and the timing of parenthood, and examines the characteristics of Emerging adulthood in several regions including distinctive features in the USA, unemployment in Europe, and a shift towards greater individualism in Japan.

TL;DR: A review of emerging adulthood in high-income countries with respect to the prevalence of tertiary education and the timing of parenthood is presented in this paper, with a focus on mental health implications.

TL;DR: Results indicated that the three-factor structure of the U-MICS fitted well in the total sample, in each national group, and in gender groups, and national and gender measurement invariance were established.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the five statuses that strongly resembled statues extracted in prior research with Western youth are replicable in Japanese adolescents and emerging adults, and that the searching moratorium status presents a combination of the bright and dark sides whose prevalence varies with age.

TL;DR: It is argued that, to develop a sense of identity in Japanese culture, adolescents and young adults carefully consider others' perspectives, resolve conflicts between self and others, and, in some cases, merge themselves into relationships and groups rather than pursuing their own uniqueness.