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Life Course Stage in Young Adulthood and Intergenerational Congruence in Family Attitudes
Author(s) -
Bucx Freek,
Raaijmakers Quinten,
Van Wel Frits
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of marriage and family
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.578
H-Index - 159
eISSN - 1741-3737
pISSN - 0022-2445
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00687.x
Subject(s) - cohabitation , life course approach , young adult , psychology , congruence (geometry) , developmental psychology , early adulthood , family life , kinship , social psychology , sociology , gender studies , political science , anthropology , law
We investigated how intergenerational congruence in family‐related attitudes depends on life course stage in young adulthood. Recent data from the Netherlands Kinship Panel Study were used; the present sample included 2,041 dyads of young adults and their parents. Findings are discussed in terms of the elasticity in intergenerational attitude congruence in response to young adults' life course transitions. Our results suggest that intergenerational congruence in attitudes about partnership (e.g., marriage, cohabitation, divorce, women's and men's family roles) decreases after young adults have left the parental home and increases when young adults enter parenthood. Congruence concerning intergenerational obligations was not related to young adults' life course stage.