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Life Course Perspectives on Adolescent Parenthood Research
Author(s) -
Caldwell Steven B.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1980.tb01902.x
Subject(s) - life course approach , perspective (graphical) , incentive , psychology , developmental psychology , order (exchange) , economics , microeconomics , computer science , finance , artificial intelligence
Three strategies to make models of adolescent parenthood more realistic and more relevant to social policy are presented:1 Behavioral hypotheses linking early parenthood to presumed causes and later consequences should reflect a “continuous adjustment” perspective on the young adult life course rather than the prevailing “fixed‐order equilibrium” perspective. 2 Variables used to measure the timing of first childbearing should differentiate among distinct actions and circumstances that lead to the initial childbearing. 3 Constraints and incentives (especially those subject to policy influence) present in the immediate environments of young adults and potentially affecting the transition to parenthood should be explicitly represented in models.