Adult Role Transitions, Parental Influence, and Status Aspirations Early in the Life Course

A model of singleness in later life was developed to show how the social context may influence the personal and social resources of older, unmarried persons. The unmarried (especially the divorced) will be an increasing proportion of the aged population in the future, and they will require more services than will the married. Role transitions of the unmarried over the life course, finances, health, and social relationships of older singles are discussed with implications for practice and future research.

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The Structure of the Life Course: Gender and Racioethnic Variation in the Occurrence and Sequencing of Role Transitions

Advances in Life Course Research ◽

10.1016/s1040-2608(04)09003-3 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 55-90 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Pamela Braboy Jackson ◽

Alexandra Berkowitz

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Role Transitions ◽

The Life Course

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Changes in alcohol use and drinking problems in relation to role transitions in different stages of the life course

Substance Abuse ◽

10.1080/08897070009511430 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 163-178 ◽

Cited By ~ 27

Author(s):

Rudie J.M. Neve ◽

Paul H. Lemmens ◽

Maria J. Drop

Keyword(s):

Alcohol Use ◽

Life Course ◽

Role Transitions ◽

Drinking Problems ◽

The Life Course

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The Influence of Adult Role Statuses on Violent Victimization Reporting

Violence and Victims ◽

10.1891/0886-6708.vv-d-14-00167 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 31 (5) ◽

pp. 957-984

Author(s):

Stacey J. Bosick ◽

Callie Marie Rennison

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Male Victims ◽

Crime Victimization ◽

Female Victims ◽

Gender And Age ◽

Adult Role ◽

Push Forward ◽

Adult Roles ◽

The Life Course ◽

The Relationship

Drawing on data from the National Crime Victimization Survey, this article extends on the contributions from developmental and life course criminologists by investigating the relationship between adult role status and police notification. Our findings point to the important gender differences. Age and reporting are curvilinearly related among female victims but linearly related among males. Having children (in the home) increases the odds of police reporting by female victims, whereas being married does so for male victims. Our findings push forward our understanding of gender and age disparities in self-reporting victimization and highlight the need to better understand how one’s orientation to the criminal justice system changes as he or she transitions in (and out) of adult roles through the life course.

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Tracing the Religious Life Course: Intergenerational Sources of Later Life Religiosity

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igaa057.2268 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽

pp. 657-657

Author(s):

Merril Silverstein ◽

Woosang Hwang ◽

Joseph Blankholm

Keyword(s):

Life Course ◽

Old Age ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Indirect Effects ◽

Parental Influence ◽

Baby Boom ◽

Religious Life ◽

Later Life ◽

Religious Orientations ◽

The Life Course

Abstract The development of religiosity in later life has its origins in earlier phases of the life course, yet few studies have investigated the contribution of early forms of religious exposure to religious beliefs and behaviors in old age. This investigation uses multigenerational data from the Longitudinal Study of Generations taken from 385 baby-boom children age 16-26 and their parents, linked to religious orientations of these children in midlife and old age. Relying on the “chains of risk” perspective, we found that parental religious intensity in 1971 strengthened their children’s behavioral and cognitive religiosity in later life through their indirect effects on children’s early and midlife religiosity. Our results demonstrate both intergenerational and life course forms of stability in religious belief and practice. Evidence suggests that parental influence creates religious momentum in their children that carries from adolescence/young adulthood through the unfolding of human lives into old age. Part of a symposium sponsored by the Religion, Spirituality and Aging Interest Group.

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