Re-thinking resilience in transitional times

Helen Cahill

Chapter 20 in Research Handbook on Transitions into Adulthood, 2024, pp 260-271 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: In this chapter I discuss the wellbeing effects of performativity pressures generated via intrusions of digitally mediated social norms as reference points against which young adults measure their progression to adulthood. I highlight the ways in which precarious work, a sense of environmental threat, and a lack of confidence in political leadership interrupt confidence in the future as an object of investment. I discuss the micro acts and coping tactics young Australian adults use to interrogate the unstable truths and unrealistic benchmarks they encounter via social media and buffer themselves against negative effects on their mental health. I argue the need to re-think the construct of resilience so as to better embrace the existential labour that young adults harness to help them deal with yearnings for security and agency under the shadow of uncertain and threatening futures.

Keywords: Education; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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