Understanding Families: Adolescents, Work, and Family: An Intergenerational Developmental Analysis

Mortimer, J.T. (ed)

ISBN 10: 0803951256 / ISBN 13: 9780803951259

Verlag: Sage Publications, 1996

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,550grams, ISBN:9780803951259. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 4946410

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Based on an eight-year study, this book examines how the work experiences of adolescents, both at home and in the paid workforce, affect their lives and their relationships. The book is unique in that it studies not only 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 perception 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 adolescents' work plans influence their transition to adulthood. In addition, the book

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Titel: Understanding Families: Adolescents, Work, ...
Verlag: Sage Publications
Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good