Early Adulthood in a Family Context

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Booth, Alan (Editor), Brown, Susan L. (Editor), Landale, Nancy S. (Editor), Manning, Wendy D. (Editor), McHale, Susan M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2012.
• Series: National Symposium on Family Issues ; 2
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Clinical psychology.; Social Sciences.; Family.; Clinical Psychology.; Sociology, general.

Graduation, full-time employment, independent living, marriage, parenthood—for decades this has been the idealized trajectory to adulthood. More recently, however, scholars, practitioners, and young adults themselves are recognizing the disconnect between long-held cultural scripts and current socia...