Although singlehood is common during emerging and established adulthood, it is often positioned as less desirable than being partnered. Using data from 168 single emerging (18-29 years-old) and established (30-35 years-old) adults from the United States, we explored how they appraised being single (i.e., viewing singlehood as empowering, allowing for personal goals, and/or being disappointing) and explored how demographic, romantic, and well-being indicators were associated with singlehood appraisals. Emerging and established adults did not differ in how they appraised singlehood. Overall, 42.9% felt it was true/very true that being single was empowering, 75.0% felt it was true/very true that being single facilitated personal goals and interests, and 37.5% felt it was true/very true that were disappointed to be single. Flourishing, intentional singlehood, length of singlehood, relationship interest, education, employment, and race/ethnicity were associated with singlehood appraisals.

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赋权、务实或令人失望：新兴和成熟成年期间单身的评估

尽管单身在新兴和成熟的成年期很常见，但它通常被定位为不如合作伙伴。使用来自美国的 168 名单身新兴（18-29 岁）和成熟（30-35 岁）成年人的数据，我们探讨了他们如何评价单身（即，将单身视为赋权，允许个人目标，和/或令人失望）并探讨了人口统计、浪漫和幸福指标如何与单身评估相关联。新兴和成熟的成年人在评估单身的方式上没有区别。总体而言，42.9% 的人认为单身可以赋予权力是真的/非常真的，75.0% 的人认为单身促进个人目标和兴趣是真的/非常真的，37.5% 的人认为这是真的/非常真的感到失望单身的。芊芊，