Young Adults' Roles as Partners and Parents in the Context of Family Complexity

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5741454
AutoresLawrence M Berger (0000-0002-7913-1059, University of Wisconsin–Madison), Sharon Bzostek (Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights), Sharon H Bzostek
Año2014
Volumen654
Número1
Páginas87-109
Fecha de publicación2014-07-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002716214527729
PMID25641975
PMCIDPMC4307948
OpenAlexW2163228550
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas14
Referencias citadas32

Using data from the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we estimate the proportions of young men and women who will take on a variety of partner and parent roles by age 30, and describe how these estimates have changed between cohorts. We then draw on identity theory and related theoretical work to consider how the multiple family roles that young adults are likely to occupy-both over their life course and at a single point in time-may influence interfamily and intrafamily relationships. Our discussion highlights key implications of identity theory as it relates to family complexity and proposes several hypotheses for future empirical research, such as the greater likelihood of role conflict in families with greater complexity and limited resources. Our analysis suggests that families may be less likely to function-economically and socially-as cohesive units than has been the case in the past and than most existing policies assume

Biology · Context (archaeology) · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Function (biology) · Identity (music) · Life course approach · Longitudinal data · Longitudinal study · National Longitudinal Surveys · Sociology · Variety (cybernetics) · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology · Social Psychology · Work-Family Balance Challenges