An Intersectional Look at the "Rush to Adulthood": Considering the Role of Gender, Race and SES in the Link between Precocious Transitions and Adult Antisocial Behavior

Autor/inn/en	Augustyn, Megan Bears; Jackson, Dylan B.
Titel	An Intersectional Look at the "Rush to Adulthood": Considering the Role of Gender, Race and SES in the Link between Precocious Transitions and Adult Antisocial Behavior
Quelle	In: Youth & Society, 52 (2020) 1, S.3-26 (24 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0044-118X
DOI	10.1177/0044118X17725245
Schlagwörter	Correlation; Antisocial Behavior; Race; Ethnicity; Socioeconomic Status; Developmental Tasks; Social Adjustment; Emotional Adjustment; Adults; Gender Differences; Adolescents; Longitudinal Studies; Crime; Advantaged; Self Concept; Developmental Stages; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Korrelation; Rasse; Abstammung; Ethnizität; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Entwicklungsaufgabe; Soziale Anpassung; Emotionale Anpassung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Selbstkonzept
Abstract	Research suggests a link between precocious transitions to adulthood (e.g., high school dropout) and maladaptation, and this association is typically assumed to be uniform. We propose that this monolithic portrayal of precocious transitions as problematic for adult functioning is unwarranted, particularly across identities defined by gender, race/ethnicity, and socioeconomic status (SES). Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we use propensity score methodology to demonstrate that the effects of precocious transitions on adult antisocial behavior vary. Results indicate a general null effect of experiencing any precocious transition among low SES subgroups regardless of gender and race/ethnicity and criminogenic effects among more economically privileged subgroups, with the exception of Hispanic females. Additional analyses reveal that the effect of individual transitions further vary in significance across social identities, displaying a criminogenic effect among some subgroups and a null/protective effect among others. Implications for theory and future research are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01