TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescents’ expectations about the timing of family life events
T2 - unraveling the role of value transmission and modeling
AU - Keijer, Micha G.
AU - Liefbroer, Aart C.
AU - Nagel, Ineke
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - Intergenerational continuity in family behaviors partly results from socialization processes in the parental home. However, socialization is a multidimensional process. This article tests hypotheses about the relative importance of value transmission and modeling in explaining expectations of adolescence concerning the timing of leaving home, and entry into cohabitation, marriage, and parenthood. Structural equation modeling on multiactor data from over 1,000 parent–adolescent child couples in the Netherlands is used to test hypotheses. Results suggest that, in general, both value transmission and modeling are important predictors of adolescents’ expectations concerning the timing of major family events. Moreover, no differences between mothers and fathers and between boys and girls are observed in the strength of the intergenerational relationships studied.
AB - Intergenerational continuity in family behaviors partly results from socialization processes in the parental home. However, socialization is a multidimensional process. This article tests hypotheses about the relative importance of value transmission and modeling in explaining expectations of adolescence concerning the timing of leaving home, and entry into cohabitation, marriage, and parenthood. Structural equation modeling on multiactor data from over 1,000 parent–adolescent child couples in the Netherlands is used to test hypotheses. Results suggest that, in general, both value transmission and modeling are important predictors of adolescents’ expectations concerning the timing of major family events. Moreover, no differences between mothers and fathers and between boys and girls are observed in the strength of the intergenerational relationships studied.
U2 - 10.1177/0192513X18792654
DO - 10.1177/0192513X18792654
M3 - Article
VL - 39
SP - 3755
EP - 3777
JO - Journal of Family Issues
JF - Journal of Family Issues
IS - 15
ER -