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Family Instability and the Transition to Adulthood

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ID2286540
AuthorsP Fomby (0000-0002-2033-8485, University of Colorado Denver, corresponding author), Stacey J Bosick (University of Colorado Denver)
Year2013
Volume75
Issue5
Pages1266-1287
Publication date2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Marriage and the Family (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2445 • E-ISSN: 1741-3737
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jomf.12063
OpenAlexW1863044593
LanguageEN
Citations received52
References cited70

Children's experience of repeated family structure change has a robust association with compromised development across the early life course. Implicit in prior research is the expectation that disparities in cognition and behavior accumulate through childhood and adolescence to influence the transition to adulthood. The authors assessed the association of early and later family structure instability with events in the transition to adulthood up to age 24 using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (N = 8,841).They found that early and later family instability are associated with low rates of college completion, early union formation and childbearing, and an early entry into the labor force. The associations are explained by family structure, delinquency, and academic performance in adolescence

Adolescent health · Association (psychology · Demographic economics · Developmental psychology · Early adulthood · Early childhood · Juvenile delinquency · Life course approach · Longitudinal study · National Longitudinal Surveys · Panel Study of Income Dynamics · Young adult · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology

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