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Adolescents, Work, and Family - An Intergenerational Developmental Analysis (Paperback)
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Adolescents, Work, and Family - An Intergenerational Developmental Analysis (Paperback)
Series: Understanding Families series
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What does an adolescent really learn about adult responsibilities
from holding down a paying job or doing household chores? Does a
teenager's employment lead to change in the family? Based on an
8-year study, Adolescents, Work, and Family examines how
adolescents' work experiences, both within the home and in the paid
work force, affect their relationship with their parents, their
self-concepts, and their well-being. This book is unique in that it
studies not only working adolescents but their parents as well.
Among their findings the contributors reveal the importance of work
quality and context in developing youth competence, the similarity
between parents and children in their perceptions of the benefits
and costs of youth work, how paid work can contribute to positive
family relationships, how positive work experiences can buffer the
adolescent from stressful family problems, and how an adolescent's
work plans influence their early transition to adulthood. In
addition, the book offers readers directions for future research in
this growing area of inquiry. Acquiring and maintaining work is a
marker of the adolescent's transition to adulthood. Thus, scholars
of adolescent and family development, youth and family
policymakers, and professionals who help youths and their families
will find the book's revelations important and useful. "This book
is timely and is much needed to help clarify an understanding of
the impact of work on adolescents and their families. It is the
first to draw together a detailed analysis of intergenerational
ties to work while maintaining a focus on adolescents. Moreover, a
myriad of complex issues including work and development, work as an
arena of comfort, and the meaning of work for adolescents and their
parents are examined over time for a representative yet situated
sample. While there are competing books . . . Jeylan T. Mortimer
and Michael D. Finch's volume is really the first to provide a
highly detailed analysis over time." --Kathryn M. Borman,
University of South Florida
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