INTRODUCTION1Youth are considered the greatest wealth and strength of any nation.Researchers call this period different names such as emerging adulthood(Arnett, 2004), early adulthood (Hurlock, 1997 Levinson, 1978) and youngadulthood (Erikson, 1968).... Read more

INTRODUCTION1Youth are considered the greatest wealth and strength of any nation.Researchers call this period different names such as emerging adulthood(Arnett, 2004), early adulthood (Hurlock, 1997 Levinson, 1978) and youngadulthood (Erikson, 1968). Many scholars have done studies on youth or the stagewhich leads to adulthood (Tanner, 2006). Settersten, Furstenberg and Rumba(2008) stated that the adulthood stage does not begin as soon as the period ofadolescence ends. According to the scholars, there exists a very long periodbefore adulthood which covers the twenties and extends to the thirties. For them, this stageis considered a period of further education, job exploration, experimentingwith romantic relationships,s and also a period of personal development and settling down. Less