Adolescent Family Context and Adult Identity Formation

被引:33
作者
Benson, Janel E. [1 ]
Johnson, Monica Kirkpatrick [2 ]
机构
[1] Colgate Univ, Dept Sociol & Anthropol, Hamilton, NY 13346 USA
[2] Washington State Univ, Pullman, WA 99164 USA
关键词
transition to adulthood; identity; family structure; family processes; STEPFATHER; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1177/0192513X09332967
中图分类号
D669 [社会生活与社会问题]; C913 [社会生活与社会问题];
学科分类号
1204 ;
摘要
This study examines the links between adolescent family context and coming to see oneself as an adult. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, the authors investigate how adolescent family structure, resources, and processes together influence adult identity and whether they do so similarly for men and women. The authors find that youth in single-parent or stepparent families, but not in two-parent adoptive families, are more likely to identify as adults compared with those in two-biological-parent families. These relationships, however, are mediated by both family resources and processes. Furthermore, one of these processes, parental control, is especially influential for youth in single-father and other family structures, and parent-adolescent relationship quality and living in other-structure families are more consequential for young women than men.
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页码:1265 / 1286
页数:22
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