According to Hogan & Astone (1986), this transition can include markers such as leaving school, starting a full-time job, leaving the home of origin, getting married, and becoming a parent for the first time.
霍根（Hogan）和阿斯通（Astone）於1986年指出，此一過渡階段可能包含一些里程碑，比如結束學業生涯、開始從事一份全職工作、離開伴隨自己成長的家、结婚、首度成為孩子的家長，但是該些里程碑的發生時間因文化而異。