Data Sources and Literature Search
A systematic search of the literature was conducted employing the Web of
Science (core collection), SocINDEX, and PsycINFO on material dated
between 2000 and October 2017, inclusively. The search strategy used in
all databases integrated the following search terms (limited to the
title): (“emerging adult*” OR “young adult*” OR “transition to
adulthood” OR “adolescence to adulthood” OR “college students”) AND
(“famil*” OR “parent*” OR “grandparent*” OR “sibling*”). As
Arnett’s emerging adulthood theory first appeared in 2000, this became
the year at which the range of searches began. In addition to date of
publication, the search was limited to documents in English. Together
with the electronic searches, the bibliographical references from the
final selected records were manually examined to identify other relevant
studies for the present review.