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ERIC Number: EJ386609
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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Breaking Away: A Study of First-Generation College Students and Their Families.
London, Howard B.
American Journal of Education, v97 n1 p144-70 Feb 1989
Uses psychoanalytic and family systems theory to explore the following: (1) how college matriculation for first-generation college students is linked to multi-generational family dynamics; and (2) how these students reconcile (or do not reconcile) the often conflicting requirements of family membership and educational mobility. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Family Attitudes, Family Characteristics, Family Environment, Family Influence, Family Relationship, Family Role, Family Structure, First Generation College Students, Parent Student Relationship, Psychological Patterns, Student Attitudes
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Family Systems Theory