Rita Žukauskienė

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: The findings suggest that the information-oriented style, contrary to the diffuse-avoidant one, has beneficial effects for both the individual and the community, while the normative style has quite beneficial results for the individual but not for his/her community.

TL;DR: This article investigated adolescents' self-reported recycling behavior and found that those with more expressed adaptive and positive personality traits have more favorable attitudes toward recycling and engage in recycling more than those who have less adaptive traits.

TL;DR: Results showed that more interpersonal discussions about the media and higher interest in the news media both predicted higher civic engagement and Moderating effects of gender were observed, with discussionsabout the media a better predictor of boys' interest inThe news media, and current civic engagement aBetter predictor of girls' future civic engagement.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the links between relationships with parents, identity styles, and positive youth development (PYD), conceptualized as "contribution" to self, family, and community.