青壮年

青壮年（young adult）一般是指年龄在25岁至40岁（或41岁）周岁年纪的成人，不过也有不同的定义（例如爱利克·埃里克森提出的埃里克森社会心理发展阶段等）^[1]^[2]。成人在青壮年之后的阶段称为中年，年龄约为45岁至59岁间。65岁及65岁以上的称为老年^[3]。

参考资料

Erikson, Erik H. Childhood and Society. Penguin. 1975. ISBN 978-0-14-020754-5.
Sheehy, Gail. New Passages: Mapping Your Life Across Time. Collins. 1996. ISBN 978-0-00-255619-4.
Rapoport, Rhona; Rapoport, Robert N. Growing Through Life. Harper & Row. 1980. ISBN 978-0-06-384751-4.
Birch, Ann. Developmental Psychology: From Infancy to Adulthood. Macmillan. 1997. ISBN 978-0-333-66959-4.
Zastrow, Charles; Kirst-Ashman, Karen. Understanding Human Behavior and the Social Environment. Cengage Learning. 2009. ISBN 978-0-495-60374-0.
|Erik H. Erikson, Joan M. Erikson, The Life Cycle Completed: Extended Version (W. W. Norton, 1998),

↑ The Theoretical Basis for the Life Model-Research And Resources On Human Development (PDF). [2009-08-11].
↑ PSY 345 Lecture Notes – Ego Psychologists, Erik Erikson (PDF). [2009-08-11].
↑ Martin Briner, Erik Erikson page , 1999, on Briner's site about learning theories , USMA Department of Mathematical Sciences, Center for Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE), United States Military Academy at West Point. Accessed 24 November 2006.

Early adulthood
Erik Erikson's 8 Stages of Psychosocial Development
Publications on Young Adults at the Berman Jewish Policy Archive @ NYU Wagner
Sommers, Christina Hoff. 2000. The War against Boys: How Misguided Feminism Is Harming Our Young Men. New York: Simon & Schuster. 251 p. ISBN 0-684-84956-9

前任：青少年 Adolescence	人类发展阶段青壮年 Young Adult	继任：中年 Middle age

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