"Why Should I Leave?" Belgian Emerging Adults' Departure from Home

Autor/inn/en	Kins, Evie; De Mol, Jan; Beyers, Wim
Titel	"Why Should I Leave?" Belgian Emerging Adults' Departure from Home
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescent Research, 29 (2014) 1, S.89-119 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0743-5584
DOI	10.1177/0743558413508201
Schlagwörter	Developmental Tasks; Foreign Countries; Young Adults; Qualitative Research; Independent Living; Place of Residence; Family Environment; Phenomenology; Parent Child Relationship; Role; Financial Needs; Semi Structured Interviews; Participant Characteristics; Longitudinal Studies; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungsaufgabe; Ausland; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Qualitative Forschung; Selbstverantwortung; Wohnort; Familienmilieu; Phenomenological psychology; Phänomenologie; Psychologie; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Rollen; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Belgien
Abstract	In today's Western societies, the transition to adulthood is prolonged, creating a separate developmental phase between adolescence and adulthood referred to as "emerging adulthood". Following from this general delay in adult commitment-making, a considerable number of emerging adults continues to live in the parental household. The present study was conducted in Belgium and aimed to obtain a greater understanding of the home-leaving experience by qualitatively exploring how emerging adults who live with their parents or who have taken steps toward independent living experience their residential status. Twenty Belgian emerging adults, aged 24 to 25, were questioned during an interview. Responses were analyzed using interpretative phenomenological analysis. Emerging adults' descriptions suggest that the home-leaving process is a complex period in life characterized by feelings of ambivalence, whereby young people are simultaneously trying to combine a strong need for independence with a wish to remain connected to the parents. Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10