TY - JOUR
T1 - Safety Nets and Scaffolds
T2 - Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood
AU - Swartz, Teresa Toguchi
AU - Kim, Minzee
AU - Uno, Mayumi
AU - Mortimer, Jeylan
AU - O'Brien, Kirsten Bengtson
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Using longitudinal data from the Youth Development Study (analytic sample N = 712), we investigate how age, adult role acquisition and attainments, family resources, parent-child relationship quality, school attendance, and life events influence support received from parents in young adulthood. Parental assistance was found to be less forthcoming for those who had made greater progress on the road to adulthood, signified by socioeconomic attainment and union formation. The quality of mother-child and father-child relationships affected parental support in different ways, positively for mothers, negatively for fathers. School enrollment, negative life events, and employment problems were associated with a greater likelihood of receiving support. The findings suggest that parents act as "scaffolding" and "safety nets" to aid their children's successful transition to adulthood.
AB - Using longitudinal data from the Youth Development Study (analytic sample N = 712), we investigate how age, adult role acquisition and attainments, family resources, parent-child relationship quality, school attendance, and life events influence support received from parents in young adulthood. Parental assistance was found to be less forthcoming for those who had made greater progress on the road to adulthood, signified by socioeconomic attainment and union formation. The quality of mother-child and father-child relationships affected parental support in different ways, positively for mothers, negatively for fathers. School enrollment, negative life events, and employment problems were associated with a greater likelihood of receiving support. The findings suggest that parents act as "scaffolding" and "safety nets" to aid their children's successful transition to adulthood.
KW - Family relations
KW - Intergenerational transfers
KW - Longitudinal
KW - Parent-child relations
KW - Social support
KW - Transition to adulthood
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00815.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2010.00815.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79952522849
SN - 0022-2445
VL - 73
SP - 414
EP - 429
JO - Journal of Marriage and Family
JF - Journal of Marriage and Family
IS - 2
ER -
