I believe emerging adulthood can be related back to the distractions caused by the digital world and technology. Both have been showing an increase in the more recent years: more and more young adults are falling to emerging adulthood, where they are taking longer to grow up and get into the real “adult world”. Similarly, the use of social media and technology is advancing and increasing more than ever. It is very safe to say that these distractions are what could be causing such a setback in young adults being able to grow up and find themselves. Constantly being distracted on the internet is having an effect on young adults that brings no benefit to them. Anderson and Restak recognize the problems of distractions caused by the digital world. They also believe there can be some benefits with these distractions, such as gaining the ability to multitask. When one multitasks, however, they are not putting in as much effort into their work as they would be it each assignment had their full attention.
