Anticipating Transitions
Possible Options in “Family” Forms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9756089 |
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| Authors | Gordon F Streib (corresponding author), MADELINE HAUG PENNA |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 464 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 104-119 |
| Publication date | 1982-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0002716282464001010 |
| OpenAlex | W2068557905 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
Three major trends affecting family life are an increase in households composed of unrelated persons, an increase in single-parent families, and an increase in divorce. These trends indicate the need for forms of living arrangement other than the traditional nuclear family, especially to confront two major sets of problems faced by many mid-life women: economic and socioemotional. Two prototype living arrangements—“families”—are proposed: (1) adaptation of the concept of the halfway house and (2) utilization of a cooperative living arrangement that has operated successfully with older persons. Since these prototypes have been somewhat successful in dealing with primary group environments of the young and the elderly, such models might be adapted on an experimental basis for midlife women who need added social supports and an increased array of choices from which to plan new directions in their lives
Adaptation (eye · Developmental psychology · Extended family · Family life · Geography · Nuclear family · Plan (archaeology · Socioeconomics · Socioemotional selectivity theory · Sociology · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology · Gerontology
| Highly cited | No |
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