Life-Course Pathways and the Psychosocial Adjustment of Young Adult Women

Autor/inn/en	Amato, Paul R.; Kane, Jennifer B.
Titel	Life-Course Pathways and the Psychosocial Adjustment of Young Adult Women
Quelle	In: Journal of Marriage and Family, 73 (2011) 1, S.279-295 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-2445
DOI	10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00804.x
Schlagwörter	Employment; Females; College Attendance; Drinking; Young Adults; Adolescents; Depression (Psychology); Social Adjustment; Emotional Adjustment; Longitudinal Studies; Health; Self Esteem; Early Parenthood; Marriage; Behavior Change; Educational Attainment; Alcohol Abuse; Antisocial Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Dienstverhältnis; Weibliches Geschlecht; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Trinken; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Soziale Anpassung; Emotionale Anpassung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Gesundheit; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit; Ehe; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut
Abstract	We examined 7 life-course pathways from adolescence through the early adult years and their links with general health and psychosocial adjustment among 2,290 women from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Young women who followed a pathway involving college attendance to full-time employment with no family-formation transitions were functioning comparatively well with respect to general health, depression, and self-esteem. In contrast, young women who followed pathways involving early motherhood were functioning less well. Fixed-effects models suggested that the differences were due to selection factors. Young women who followed the pathway of college to full-time employment exhibited an increase in heavy drinking, whereas women who became married mothers exhibited a decrease in the same. Involvement in illegal behavior declined for all groups but least so for women who attended college. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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