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The researcher will employ a qualitative approach using interviews and observation to analyze the challenges faced by emerging adults in decision-making. Seven students aged 18-26 will be interviewed using a self-made questionnaire. Responses will be analyzed using in vivo coding to identify themes around how emerging adults view adulthood and decision-making.

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Methodology

The researcher will employ a qualitative approach using interviews and observation to analyze the challenges faced by emerging adults in decision-making. Seven students aged 18-26 will be interviewed using a self-made questionnaire. Responses will be analyzed using in vivo coding to identify themes around how emerging adults view adulthood and decision-making.

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Methodology

The researcher will employ a qualitative approach to analyze and interpret the

responses to the challenges faced by emerging adults in decision-making. This approach

will provide an understanding of the situation or phenomenon in a storytelling way as it

explores and provides deeper insights into real-world problems (Tenny, Brannan, J. M.,

& Brannan, G. D., 2022). Interview and observation are the techniques used in able to

put together the various types of pieces of information into a better analysis and

interpretation of the responses. According to Patton (1990), “Studies that use only one

method are more vulnerable to errors linked to that particular method than studies that

use multiple methods in which different types of data provide cross-data validity checks”.

The responses were collected through a self-made questionnaire that was reviewed by a

Subject Matter Expert (SME) before being shared with the target respondents..

The sample for this research study were seven students enrolled in Manuel S.

Enverga University Foundation, between ages 18 and 26, as described by Arnett (2015)

that emerging adults begin to feel like adults by the time they reach the age of 18 or 19,

however, most do not feel completely adult until they reach the age of mid-to-late twenties.

Fraenkel & Wallen (2003) have concluded that purposive sampling assumes that one

needs to “select a sample from which they feel will yield the best understanding of

whatever it is they wish to study”. To understand the challenges in decision-making by

emerging adults, the participants were given a self-made qualitative questionnaire

consisting of six items. Conversations were recorded during the entire interview process.

The interviews were conducted in different places to accommodate the needs and
convenience of the participants. After the completion of the interviews, data were

organized and preliminarily analyzed.

The researcher ensured that ethics remained a top priority throughout the study.

Invitations and informed consent are sent to their accounts to inform them of the details

of the research such as a disclaimer that the responses are strictly for educational

purposes only. Ahmed (2024) noted that credibility, transferability, dependability, and

confirmability are important in establishing trustworthiness.

In this research, In vivo is used as a guide in analyzing and interpreting the

responses. It is a form of qualitative data analysis that emphasizes the actual spoken

words of participants. Although in vivo coding is probably the most common name for this

form of coding, it is also referred to as verbatim coding, literal coding, and natural coding

(Saldaña, 2016). Interviews were transcribed and examined using narrative analysis

consistent with an interpretive framework.

Moreover, In vivo, coding is appropriate for all qualitative studies in coding the data

because it prioritizes and honors the respondents’ ideas and their understanding of

cultures and world views (Corbin & Strauss, 2008). To conceptualize the data analysis

plan, a short detail of the process followed by the researcher. These are 1.) organizing

the data gathered through face-to-face interviews; 2.) retyping the words as exactly said

in the interview; 3.) weeding out unnecessary statements and words that can distract the

coding process; 4.) coding the collected ideas for the narrative analysis to reveal the

challenges in decision making described by the respondents which will be discussed in

the conclusions; and 5.) place the data in a table for each sub-question, having two

columns: one for responses and the other for codes.


The data was gathered using these questions:

1. Can you describe what adulthood is?

2. Can you tell me what you think is how an adult should make decisions?

3. Have you had any experiences where you were challenged to make

decisions?

4. How do you feel whenever you compare yourself to other adults in terms of

making decisions for yourself and how do you cope with this?

5. How do you handle the challenges in making decisions?

6. What are the things that you do to make yourself feel like an adult in making

decisions?

Ahmed, S. K. (2024). The pillars of trustworthiness in Qualitative research. Journal of Medicine,

Surgery, and Public Health, 100051. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.glmedi.2024.100051

Tenny, S., Brannan, J. M., & Brannan, G. D. (2022, September 18). Qualitative study.

StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK470395/

Saldaña, J. (2016). The coding manual for qualitative researchers (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks,

CA: Sage.

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