Work Experience and Control Orientation in Adolescence

Finch, Michael D.; Shanahan, Michael J.; Mortimer, Jeylan T.; Ryu, Seongryeol

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“…Of the original 1,000 panel members who took part in the first year of data collection, the Youth Development Study retained 77.5% over an eight-year period (see Mortimer, 2003 for a complete description of the sample). When it began, the Youth Development Study sample was representative of students in the St. Paul public school district (Finch et al, 1991). Comparisons between the first and tenth waves reveal that the panel remaining is quite similar demographically and in terms of key indicators (Mortimer, 2003).…”

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The Markers and Meanings of Growing Up

Aronson

2008

Gender & Society

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Growing up in the shadow of the women's movement has created contradictory life course and identity possibilities for young women. Although prior research has examined the formal markers of adulthood, we know little about how young women themselves perceive these markers. Forty-two in-depth interviews revealed that the subjective meanings of young women's transition to adulthood are actually far more complex than previously assumed. While becoming a parent and becoming financially independent were seen by interviewees as reflecting an adult orientation, completing schooling was tied to class-differentiated views of growing up. In addition, beginning full-time work was subjectively linked to future career uncertainty, and getting married did not diminish young women's emphasis on self-development and independence from men. Taken together, these findings indicate that there is a disjuncture between women's objective and subjective transition to adulthood. This study suggests that our previous understandings of the transition to adulthood do not reflect the full complexity of how young women subjectively experience it or the extent to which class impacts these perceptions.

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The Markers and Meanings of Growing Up

Aronson

2008

Gender & Society

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“…36 Those who provided consent (64%) did not differ from nonconsenters on numerous census tract characteristics. 37 From 1988 to 2011, respondents completed up to 19 follow-up surveys, assessing changes in school, work, and family, as well as health and well-being. In 2009, a second-generation study began that continues to recruit and annually survey children of the original cohort who are aged 11 years and older.…”

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Parent and Child Cigarette Use: A Longitudinal, Multigenerational Study

2013

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KEY WORDS cigarette use, multigenerational effects, parent smoking, sibling smoking, socioeconomic background ABBREVIATIONS GPA-grade point average OR-odds ratio YDS-Youth Development Study Dr Vuolo conducted the analyses, drafted the methods and results section, and approved the final manuscript as submitted; and Dr Staff drafted the abstract, introduction, and conclusion sections, and approved the final manuscript as submitted.www.pediatrics.org/cgi

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“…Questionnaires, administered annually in the classroom, included batteries of questions focused on early work experiences, school-related behaviors, and psychological adjustment. The selected panel well represented the St. Paul community, as well as the character of ninth-grade students in St. Paul at the time of the initial panel selection (Finch, Shanahan, Mortimer, & Ryu, 1991).…”

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Social class background and the school-to-work transition

Staff

Mortimer

2008

New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development

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Whereas in years past, young people typically made a discrete transition from school to work, two ideal typical routes now characterize the sharing of school and work roles during adolescence and the transition to adulthood. Longitudinal data from the Youth Development Study show that one route involves less intensive employment during high school, followed by continued part-time employment and postsecondary educational investment. This pathway, more common for youth of higher-class origins, is especially beneficial for young people from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A second route is early intensive work experience during high school that is less conducive to longer-term educational and wage attainments.

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Work Experience and Control Orientation in Adolescence

Cited by 91 publications

References 24 publications

The Markers and Meanings of Growing Up

The Markers and Meanings of Growing Up

Parent and Child Cigarette Use: A Longitudinal, Multigenerational Study

Social class background and the school-to-work transition

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