shubhajit chakraborty

Young Adult Life Phases & Development

The early twenties are often years of risk taking – traffic accidents are the greatest killers of men this age group. These are also the years of peak physical prowess, in which the body should be worked hard. Both career and social goals are usually uppermost in a young man’s mind, although the experimental phase begun in the teens continues into the early twenties. This means that he can find it difficult to keep a balance between his academic and extracurricular activities. For men who do not go on to post-graduate studies, there is the transition from student to employee, a time for testing abilities and self-confidence. In their jobs young men find themselves having to compete as adults in an adult world for the first time. Twenty-four is the average age for American men to marry for the first time.