TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Christian AU - Hojara,Kari M. AU - Davidson,Hilary AU - Herzog,Patricia Snell TI - Lost in transition: the dark side of emerging adulthood SN - 9780199828029 (hbk. : acid-free paper) AV - HQ 799.7 .S65 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Young adults KW - United States KW - Attitudes KW - Social life and customs KW - 21st century KW - Conduct of life N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Morality adrift -- Captive to consumerism -- Intoxication's "fake feeling of happiness" -- The shadow side of sexual liberation -- Civic and political disengagement N2 - In Lost in Transition, Christian Smith and his collaborators draw on 230 in-depth interviews with a broad cross-section of emerging adults (ages 18-23) to investigate the difficulties young people face today, the underlying causes of those difficulties, and the consequences both for individuals and for American society as a whole. --from publisher description ER -