KATEDRA SOCIOLÓGIE, FILOZOFICKÁ FAKULTA, UNIVERZITA KONŠTANTÍNA FILOZOFA V NITRE

In recent decades, young adults have become a subject of significant interest in sociological research, because there is observed the phenomenon of delaying the process of entering adulthood. This is a result of the spread of higher education, economic modernization and the accompanying transformation of the labor market, the individualization of life and the increasing dynamics of social life. The aim of the paper is to identify contemporary pathways of achieving adulthood by young Poles. The theoretical framework for analysis is a selection of concepts for reaching adulthood. We defined achieving adulthood as a process whose closure in objective terms is to meet social expectations related to fulfilling the key social adult roles: completing education, having a permanent job, starting a household and family, and in subjective terms is to achieve the identity of an adult. The empirical basis for the analyses is the results of the project Public policies for completed adulthood. The case of Poland, which was conducted in 2015-2020 and granted by The National Centre of Knowledge (NCN, UMO-2014/2015/B/HS5/03284). One of the main task of the project‘s research programme was reconstruction of the paths of transition into adulthood by 30-year-olds young Poles. Based on an analysis of data from 60 in-depth interviews (IDI) there were identified four paths of reaching adulthood by them: 1. complete adulthood, 2. career-oriented adulthood, 3. unstable adulthood, and 4. unanchored adulthood and corresponding to four types of young adults: complete adults, professionally progressive singles, struggling with adulthood, and permanent experimenters.adulthood, achieving adulthood, the paths of transition into adulthood, young adults

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