Contemporary culture tells us the twenty-something years don't matter. Clinical psychologist Dr Meg Jay argues that this could not be further from the truth.The Defining Decade weaves the latest science of the twenty-something years with real-life stories to show us how work, relationships, identity and even the brain can change more during this decade than at any other time in adulthood.Smart, compassionate and constructive, The Defining Decade is a practical guide to making the most of the years we cannot afford to miss.Included in this updated edition:· Up-to-date research on work, love, the brain, friendship and technology· What a decade of device use has taught us about looking at friends - and looking for love - online· A social experiment in which 'digital natives' go without their phones· A reader's guide for book clubs, classrooms or further self-reflection
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A revised and reissued edition for a new generation of The Defining Decade, a book that has changed the way millions of twenty-somethings think about their twenties - and themselves
Meg Jay takes the specific complaints of twentysomething life and puts them to diagnostic use
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ISBN
9781805302513
Publisert
2024-01-04
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Vendor
Canongate Books
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328 gr
Høyde
214 mm
Bredde
135 mm
Dybde
24 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
336
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Meg Jay, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist and an Associate Professor of Human Development at the University of Virginia. She earned a doctorate in clinical psychology and in gender studies from the University of California, Berkeley.
Her books The Defining Decade, Supernormal and The Twentysomething Treatment have been translated into more than a dozen languages and her work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and on NPR and BBC. Her TED talk 'Why 30 is Not the New 20' is among the most watched to date.