1. 2nd Postdoc Presentation Day 14. 3. 2014 Tomo Umemura, Ph.D.
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2. Project title: Social and Identity Development of Emerging Adults Mentor: Prof. PhDr. Petr Macek, CSc. Faculty/Department/Research group: Faculty of Social Studies Institute for Research on Children, Youth, and Family Start date of postdoc (in the project): March 1st in 2013

3. Introduction
Emerging adulthood is an “emerging” developmental period (Arnett, 2000).
Feeling in-between: “I don’t feel that I have reached adulthood yet.”
Later ages of marriages, longer education, birth control, tolerance of premarital sexuality, etc.
This developmental period is also observed in the Czech Republic (Macek, Bejček, & Vaníková, 2007).

4. Research Objectives:
How do emergent adults’ relationships with their parents, friends and romantic partner change during their emerging adulthood?
How do emerging adults’ interpersonal relationships influence their development of identity, autonomy and exploration in their lives?

5. Status of my research 2013 Data Collection Path-to-Adulthood Study
European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ELSPAC)
Data Analyses
2014
Conference Presentations
Journal Publications
2015
Book Publication
Planning for Future Studies

6. Hypothesis:
Emerging adulthood is in the transition period of their preferences from parents/friends to their romantic partner.
Preference for the Romantic Partner
Preference for the Other Figures

7. Hypothesis:
Emerging adulthood is in the transition period of their preferences from parents/friends to their romantic partner.
Preference for the Romantic Partner
Preference for the Other Figures

8. Results reached so far Hypothesis:
Emerging adulthood is in the transition period of their preferences from parents/friends to their romantic partner.
Results:
*** * * † † **
F (2,1013) = 1.41
F (2,1013) = 8.56***
F (2,1013) = 3.45*

9. Results reached so far Hypothesis:
Emerging adulthood is in the transition pepriod of their attachment preferences from parents/friends to partner.
Results:
Emerging adults whose romantic relationship was shorter than two years
Emerging adults whose romantic relationship was longer than two years
Attachment Preferences for
Mother
Father
Partner
Friends
Romantic β
Relationship Length
-.02
-.04
.15 *
-.13
-.03
-.01
.00
.04
Emerging adults whose romantic relationship was shorter than two years
Emerging adults whose romantic relationship was longer than two years
Attachment Preferences for
Mother
Father
Partner
Friends
Romantic β
Relationship Length
-.02
-.04
.15 *
-.13
Emerging adults whose romantic relationship was shorter than two years
Emerging adults whose romantic relationship was longer than two years
Attachment Preferences for
Mother
Father
Partner
Friends
Romantic
Relationship Length
Emerging adults whose romantic relationship is shorter than two years
Emerging adults whose romantic relationship is longer than two years

10. Hypothesis:
Emerging adulthood is in the transition period of their preferences from parents/friends to their romantic partner.
Conclusion:
Findings from this study suggests that for emerging adults, the partner is replacement of friends, but not replacement of parents.
Preference for the Romantic Partner
Preference for the Other Figures

11. How and where am I going to publish my results
International Journal Publication with impact factor:
Emerging Adulthood √ (Umemura, Lacinová, & Macek, under review)
European Journal of Developmental Psychology (in 2015)
International Journal of Behavioral Development (in 2015)
International Conference Presentation:
European Association for Research on Adolescence √ (Umemura, Lacinová, & Macek, under review)
Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (in 2015)
Book
The first book about Czech emerging adults (in 2015)