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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791720303321

Autore

Goldscheider Frances K

Titolo

The changing transition to adulthood [[electronic resource] ] : leaving and returning home / / Frances Goldscheider and Calvin Goldscheider

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, 1999

ISBN

1-322-41896-9

1-4522-3401-9

1-4522-6511-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 257 p.)

Collana

Understanding families ; ; 17

Altri autori (Persone)

GoldscheiderCalvin

Disciplina

305.2420973

Soggetti

Young adults - United States - Psychology

Adult children - United States - Psychology

Families - United States

Home - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 235-245) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; Chapter 1 - Leaving and Returning Home in 20th Century America; Chapter 2 - Out of the Nest; Chapter 3 - Back to the Nest; Chapter 4 - Runaways and Stay-At-Homes; Chapter 5 - The Changing Role of Regional Communities; Chapter 6 - Who Left Whom? The Effects of Childhood Family Structure; Chapter 7 - Sons And Daughters; Chapter 8 - Leaving and Returning to the Feathered Nest; Chapter 9 - The Shifting Ethnic Mosaic; Chapter 10 - Religious Transformation and Family Values

Chapter 11 - What Is New In Nest-Leaving In 20th Century America?Appendix; References; Index; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Examines the reasons why children ultimately leave home to live on their own and how the pattern has changed throughout the 20th century.