Age and Sequencing Norms in the Transition to Adulthood

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The timing and sequencing of events marking the transition to adulthood have become the focus of a growing body of research. Recently, the concept of social norm has been used to provide an explanation for observed regularity in the process of transition to adulthood, and the degree of conformity to social norms governing the transition has been hypothesized to have consequences for individuals in adulthood. In this paper it is argued that the concept of social norm has limited usefulness as an explanation of behavior marking the transition to adulthood or as an explanation of its consequences. It is argued further that previous use of the concept in empirical research has been misleading because the research has not measured social norms.

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