Facing Adulthood: Comparing the Criteria That Chinese Emerging Adults and Their Parents Have for Adulthood

Autor/inn/en	Nelson, Larry J.; Duan, Xin xing; Padilla-Walker, Laura M.; Luster, Stephanie S.
Titel	Facing Adulthood: Comparing the Criteria That Chinese Emerging Adults and Their Parents Have for Adulthood
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 28 (2013) 2, S.189-208 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558412467685
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Young Adults; Parents; Parent Attitudes; Gender Differences; Student Surveys; Measures (Individuals); Parent Surveys; Student Attitudes; Comparative Analysis; Marital Status; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Eltern; Elternverhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Schülerbefragung; Messdaten; Schülerverhalten; Familienstand
Abstract	Past work in China has revealed that approximately 60% of young people in China consider themselves to be adults. However, no work, prior to this study, has been done examining either the views of Chinese parents regarding their children's adult status or the criteria that Chinese parents use in determining whether or not their children have reached adulthood. Participants included 92 unmarried college students, ages 18 to 25, and at least one of their parents (83 fathers, 84 mothers). Results revealed that (a) the majority of children and their parents did not yet view their children as adults, and (b) there was disagreement between emerging adult children and their parents in the emphasis they placed on various criteria for adulthood. Discussion will focus on how the traditional Chinese notion of "face" may play an important role in the criteria young people and their parents endorse as necessary for adulthood. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10