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Family Capital: Conceptual Model to Unpack the Intergenerational Transfer of Advantage in Transitions to Adulthood
Author(s) -
Waithaka Eric N.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of research on adolescence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.342
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1532-7795
pISSN - 1050-8392
DOI - 10.1111/jora.12119
Subject(s) - conceptual framework , psychology , social capital , conceptual model , social mobility , capital (architecture) , differential (mechanical device) , early adulthood , developmental psychology , cohort , young adult , demographic economics , social psychology , sociology , economics , social science , medicine , philosophy , archaeology , epistemology , engineering , history , aerospace engineering
The achievement of the traditional milestones associated with adulthood within the current cohort of young adults appears to differ by social class backgrounds, and these differences may be growing due to the differential support of natal families. However, existing research and theory that looks at intergenerational social mobility does not fully examine the multidimensional aspect of family capital and how this capital is deployed during transitions to adulthood. Therefore, building on the work of P ierre B ourdieu on the forms of family capital in the p arental i nvestment f ramework, this article proposes a conceptual model that examines three kinds of resources that natal families marshal and the mechanisms through which these resources are deployed during transitions to adulthood.