Main description:

1. Creating Meaning in Young Adulthood explores how young adults find self-empowerment in the aftermath of existential trauma by creating meanings in life through their relationships with the world.

2. People will want to buy this book because it outlines how to cultivate growth-promoting relationships with young adults that have experienced existential crises, in order to provide the necessary resources that support healing, well-being, and enlightenment.

3. Readers will choose this book over competitors for two main reasons: First, it utilizes the current research literature on the COVID-19 pandemic as an illustration of young adults' existential trauma. Second, the book synthesizes unique multicultural perspectives and research literature to contemporary humanistic and existential research. The book also contains case studies that explore 3 young adults' journeys to create meaning through their relationships with caring adults, animals, nature, and within solitude.

Contents:

Part I, 1. Young Adulthood in the End of Times, 2. Multicultural Humanistic Psychology, 3. Existential Terror and Necessary Distractions, 4. Constellations within the Darkness: Growth-Promoting Relationships, 5. The Bold Companionship of Defeat, 6. Healing, Growth, and Enlightenment, Part II, 7. Creating Meaning with the Natural World, 8. Precious Silence of Solitude, 9. Volunteer Group Activity, 10. The Nature of Growth-Promoting Relationships, Conclusion