In the diploma thesis I research the process of young adults becoming independent, while I specifically focus on young adults, which have included life in student dormitories in this process. Nowadays, becoming independent does not follow traditional patterns and the phenomenon of prolonged youth is occurring, which is the result of different social and personal changes. I researched moving away from home, which we understand as one of the steps towards independence, through the perception of young university students.
In the theoretical part of the thesis I discuss the important domains of the transition to adulthood, family changes and interpersonal relationships. All three domains were crucial in my research of the treated problem. The empirical part is based on qualitative research, on the analysis of the interviews with young individuals, with which I discovered the patterns in the process of becoming independent.
The interviewees stress the financial factor as the biggest obstacle to becoming independent and point out the life in student homes and inclusion in new social connections as extenuating factors in this transition.
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