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"In The Cheating Culture, David Callahan illustrates that these ills of excessive competition and insecurity do not always end once one becomes established - by being awarded tenure or "partner" status - and therefore the "quarter-life crisis" may actually extend beyond young adulthood. Some measure of financial security - which usually requires occupational security - is necessary for psychological development. Some have theorized that insecurity in the "New Economy" will place many in a state of, effectively, perpetual adolescence, and that the rampant and competitive consumerism of the 1990s and 2000s indicates that this is already taking place."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quarter-life_crisis