scholarly journals Adolescent home-leaving and the transition to adulthood

2013 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 298-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thaddaeus Egondi ◽  
Caroline Kabiru ◽  
Donatien Beguy ◽  
Muindi Kanyiva ◽  
Richard Jessor
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Predictive Analysis ◽  
Individual Decision ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Leaving Home ◽  
Problem Behavior Theory ◽  
Home Leaving ◽  
Theory Framework ◽  
Important Marker

Home-leaving is considered an important marker of the transition to adulthood and is usually framed as an individual decision. We move beyond this limited assumption to examine a broader conceptualization that might better illuminate home-leaving among youth in impoverished circumstances. We adopt the Problem Behavior Theory-framework to investigate the association of home-leaving with behavioral and psychosocial variables and with other transitions. We use data on adolescents aged 14–22 years from a three-wave study conducted between 2007 and 2010. We used variable- and person-centered cross-sectional analyses, as well as predictive analysis of home-leaving by subsequent waves. Parental controls protection predicted home-leaving by subsequent waves. Overall, protective factors moderated the association of problem behavior involvement with leaving home in Nairobi’s slums.

Problem-Behavior Theory and the Explanation of Adolescent Marijuana Use

1996 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 379-404 ◽  
Author(s):  
John E. Donovan
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Illicit Drug ◽  
Problem Drinking ◽  
Marijuana Use ◽  
Illicit Drug Use ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Behavior Theory ◽  
Problem Behavior Theory

Problem-Behavior Theory was developed by Richard Jessor and Shirley Jessor almost 30 years ago. The theory is a social-psychological framework focused on the explanation of variation in adolescents' involvement in behaviors that are socially defined as a problem and as undesirable by the norms of conventional society and that elicit some form of social sanctions. Problem behaviors of interest have included underage drinking, problem drinking, marijuana use, other illicit drug use, delinquent behavior, and precocious sexual behavior. Research conducted in the 1970s demonstrated that the theory could account for approximately 50% of the variance in marijuana use in both local and national sample studies. The present analyses sought to determine whether the theory continues to be relevant for the explanation of illicit drug use among contemporary American youth. Both cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of multiple datasets collected over a 20-year period confirm its enduring validity.

The Cross-National Generality of Problem Behavior Theory

2016 ◽  
pp. 155-180
Author(s):  
Richard Jessor ◽  
Mark S. Turbin ◽  
Frances M. Costa ◽  
Qi Dong ◽  
Hongchuan Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Behavior Theory ◽  
Problem Behavior Theory ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Cross National

scholarly journals Association Between Severity of Adolescents’ Peer Problems and Moral Judgment Development

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-35
Author(s):  
Najia Zulfiqar
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Peer Relations ◽  
Development Theory ◽  
Behavior Theory ◽  
Peer Problems ◽  
Problem Behavior Theory ◽  
Older Adolescents ◽  
Growing Age

Previous studies supported that adolescents’ moral judgment decreases as their peer problems increase in severity. The objective of the present research was to examine peer problems as a predictor of adolescents’ moral judgment development based upon Jessor’s problem behavior theory and Gibbs moral development theory. It was hypothesized that moral judgment increases with growing age and thus, older adolescents are expected to be at higher stages of moral judgment development than younger adolescents. It was also assumed that adolescents with severe peer problems will be at lower level of moral judgment development than their counterparts. The younger adolescents (n = 140; M = 13.1 year) and older adolescents (n = 147; M = 19 year) were compared on measures of Index of Peer Relations and Padua Moral Judgment Scale. The findings showed that adolescents’ moral judgment development declined with an increase in peer problems, particularly during late adolescence. Adolescents who reported having moderate and severe peer problems had lower level of moral judgment development than those with no and mild peer problems. Findings provided guideline for future researchers and practitioners.

scholarly journals Intervening with Youth in the Transition from Care to Independent Living

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 8-13
Author(s):  
Varda Mann-Feder
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Emerging Adulthood ◽  
Transition To Adulthood ◽  
Independent Living ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Leaving Home

This article outlines recommendations for intervention with youth transitioning to independent living based on the results of the author’s own program of qualitative research, literature on the theory of Emerging Adulthood, and recent findings in relation to the experiences of youth leaving home to live on their own. The emphasis is on designing services that can more closely approximate the normative transition to adulthood.

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