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Great Expectations Unmet: The Impact of Adolescent Educational Expectations on Deviant Coping During the Transition to Adulthood
Author(s) -
Cundiff Patrick R.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/soin.12156
Subject(s) - coping (psychology) , juvenile delinquency , psychology , longitudinal study , developmental psychology , early adulthood , transition (genetics) , social psychology , longitudinal data , adolescent health , young adult , clinical psychology , sociology , medicine , demography , chemistry , nursing , pathology , gene , biochemistry
Previous research has shown that during adolescence, holding high expectations of college education serves as a protective factor for delinquency and substance use. Little is known whether the protective factor of college expectations extends into young adulthood, especially among ambitious youth who do not earn a degree. Using longitudinal data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this research focuses on the longer term effects of adolescent educational expectations on deviant coping. This study finds that failing to realize realistically high expectations of college education during the transition to adulthood increases an individual's likelihood of deviant coping during the transition to adulthood.