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On the frontier of adulthood : theory, research, and public policy /
On the Frontier of Adulthood reveals a startling new fact: adulthood no longer begins when adolescence ends. A lengthy period before adulthood, often spanning the twenties and even extending into the thirties, is now devoted to further education, job exploration, experimentation in romantic relation...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2005.
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| Colección: | John D. and Catherine T. Macarthur Foundation series on mental health and development. Research Network on Transitions to Adulthood and Public Policy.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- On the frontier of adulthood : emerging themes and new directions / Frank F. Furstenberg Jr., Rubén G. Rumbaut, and Richard A. Settersten Jr.
- The transition to adulthood during the twentieth century : race, nativity, and gender / Elizabeth Fussell and Frank F. Furstenberg Jr.
- American women's transition to adulthood in comparative perspective / Elizabeth Fussell and Anne H. Gauthier
- Historical roots of family diversity : marital and childbearing trajectories of American women / Lawrence L. Wu and Jui-Chung Allen Li
- Historical trends in patterns of time use among young adults in developed countries / Anne H. Gauthier and Frank F. Furstenberg Jr.
- Generation gaps in attitudes and values from the 1970s to the 1990s / Tom W. Smith
- Subjective age identity and the transition to adulthood : when do adolescents become adults? / Michael J. Shanahan [and others]
- Sequences of early adult transitions : a look at variability and consequences / Ted Mouw
- Off to a good start? Postsecondary education and early adult life / Gary D. Sandefur, Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck, and Hyunjoon Park
- Six paths to adulthood : fast starters, parents without careers, educated partners, educated singles, working singles, and slow starters / D. Wayne Osgood [and others]
- Is it getting harder to get ahead? Economic attainment in early adulthood for two cohorts / Mary Corcoran and Jordan Matsudaira
- Material assistance from families during the transition to adulthood / Robert F. Schoeni and Karen E. Ross
- Early adult transitions and their relation to well-being and substance use / John Schulenberg [and others]
- The ever-winding path : ethnic and racial diversity in the transition to adulthood / John Mollenkopf [and others]
- The transition to adulthood for youth leaving public systems : challenges to policies and research / E. Michael Foster and Elizabeth J. Gifford
- Social policy and the transition to adulthood : toward stronger institutions and individual capacities / Richard A. Settersten Jr.