Family involvement in a child’s education is a complex system that extends beyond the presence of partnershipsbetween families, schools, and the community (Epstein, 2011). By measuring families’ feelings of connectedness andmembership to the school community, this study explores families’ motivations for participating in their child’slearning and development at school. Results suggest that a family’s sense of connectedness to their child’s schoolcommunity may be related to their level of participation. Findings are discussed in terms of implications foreducational communities emphasizing the power of families’ community connectedness within the schools andexpanding on the ways to enhance family involvement and participation.
Possible selves and strategies serve a number of functions across the life span and are particularly relevant to emerging adulthood. Building on past research, which suggests that possible selves and strategies are contextually bound, the current study examined the relationship between objective and subjective social status and possible selves and strategies among emerging adult college students. Data were collected through an online survey ( n = 282), and multiple regressions with alpha-adjustment procedures were used. Results indicated a negative relationship between family subjective social status and expected material/lifestyles possible selves and strategies and a positive relationship between individual subjective social status and expected material/lifestyle possible selves. Findings emphasize the relationship between social status and material/lifestyle possible selves and strategies among a sample of emerging adults, which is increasingly important during this time when many are navigating pathways toward independence while balancing continued reliance on their families.
With a recent sample of emerging adults, the present longitudinal study examines multiple role trajectories that emerging adult women and men in the United States tend to traverse between the ages of 18 and 25, thereby partially replicating and furthering the work of Amato et al. Furthermore, the present study examines the physical and mental health of emerging adults in various trajectories. Findings revealed three trajectories for emerging adult women, including (1) work and school to some family formation (56.2% of women), (2) school to family formation (11.5% of women), and (3) some school to early family formation (32.3% of women). Women who transitioned from (3) some school to early family formation were more psychologically distressed than those who transitioned from (1) work and school to some family formation. Women who transitioned from (3) some school to early family formation also experienced significant declines in physical health. For emerging adult men, findings revealed three trajectories, including (1) work and early family formation (9.4% of men), (2) school to family formation (32.1% of men), and (3) school to work (58.5% of men). Men in the (2) school to family formation trajectory experienced less psychological distress over time. These findings point to certain trajectories that might be particularly beneficial for emerging adults' physical and psychological health.
What it means to be successful in many careers today is best captured by Slaughter (2012): <blockquote>The American definition of a successful professional is someone who can climb the ladder the furthest in the shortest time.... It is a definition well suited to the mid-20th century, an era when people had kids in their 20s, stayed in one job, retired at 67, and were dead, on average, by age 71. (p. 17)</blockquote> Contemporary patterns of work and family life look markedly different with people commonly postponing marriage and parenthood in favor of postsecondary education and career preparedness. American homes are increasingly dependent on women's incomes (Glynn, 2016) and women today are becoming mothers at a higher rate than they were 10 years ago, which is especially true for women with advanced degrees (Geiger et al., 2019). This then creates a unique intersection between work and family life that is particularly complex for working mothers. For instance, both mothers and fathers today spend more time on child care than previous generations did, but women also are tasked with figuring out how to spend more time at work; indeed, employers increasingly are requiring workers to dedicate more hours to their profession in order to advance (Dotti Sani & Treas, 2016; Geiger et al., 2019; Goldin, 2015). Although both men and women report struggles with balancing contemporary work and family life, more mothers than fathers express this difficulty (Geiger et al., 2019).
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.