Generation disaster : coming of age post-9/11 / Karla Vermeulen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vermeulen, Karla, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Emerging adulthood series.

Oxford scholarship online

Emerging adulthood series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disasters--Social aspects--United States.

Disasters.

Young adults--United States.

Young adults.

Generation Z--United States.

Generation Z.

Generation Y--United States.

Generation Y.

Coming of age--United States.

Coming of age.

United States--Social conditions--21st century.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Disaster mental health expert Karla Vermeulen draws on a combination of statistics, academic sources, and her own original research, including results from a nationally representative survey, to examine the unique challenges experienced by emerging adults post-9/11.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Generation disaster in their youth: formative experiences

Meet generation disaster

Parenting post-9/11

Lockdown drills in kindergarten: the threat (perceived and actual) of school shootings

2. Generation disaster in emerging adulthood: the current impact of cumulative early stressors

Unsafe at any time

Mistrusting authorities in an unstable world

Climate change and expectations for the future of the planet

Questioning college: necessary, expensive, and no guarantee of success

3. Generation disaster moving forward: how will they shape our future society?

Economic expectations

Family expectations

Conclusion.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-006166-9

0-19-006165-0

OCLC:

1248597734