Adolescent Home-Leaving and the Transition to Adulthood: A Psychosocial and Behavioural Study in the Slums of Nairobi

Autor/inn/en	Egondi, Thaddaeus; Kabiru, Caroline; Beguy, Donatien; Kanyiva, Muindi; Jessor, Richard
Titel	Adolescent Home-Leaving and the Transition to Adulthood: A Psychosocial and Behavioural Study in the Slums of Nairobi
Quelle	In: International Journal of Behavioral Development, 37 (2013) 4, S.298-308 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0165-0254
DOI	10.1177/0165025413479299
Schlagwörter	Slums; Foreign Countries; Prediction; Parenting Styles; Parent Child Relationship; Behavior Problems; Behavior Theories; Developmental Tasks; Adolescents; Young Adults; Correlation; Case Studies; Risk; Questionnaires; Socioeconomic Status; Kenya (Nairobi) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Slum; Ausland; Vorhersage; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Entwicklungsaufgabe; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Korrelation; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Risiko; Fragebogen; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status
Abstract	Home-leaving is considered an important marker of the transition to adulthood and is usually framed as an individual decision. We move beyond this limited assumption to examine a broader conceptualization that might better illuminate home-leaving among youth in impoverished circumstances. We adopt the Problem Behavior Theory-framework to investigate the association of home-leaving with behavioral and psychosocial variables and with other transitions. We use data on adolescents aged 14-22 years from a three-wave study conducted between 2007 and 2010. We used variable- and person-centered cross-sectional analyses, as well as predictive analysis of home-leaving by subsequent waves. Parental controls protection predicted home-leaving by subsequent waves. Overall, protective factors moderated the association of problem behavior involvement with leaving home in Nairobi's slums. (Contains 2 figures and 7 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10