ERIC Number: EJ1015272
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jul
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-0165-0254
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Adolescent Home-Leaving and the Transition to Adulthood: A Psychosocial and Behavioural Study in the Slums of Nairobi
Egondi, Thaddaeus; Kabiru, Caroline; Beguy, Donatien; Kanyiva, Muindi; Jessor, Richard
International Journal of Behavioral Development, v37 n4 p298-308 Jul 2013
Home-leaving is considered an important marker of the transition to adulthood and is usually framed as an individual decision. We move beyond this limited assumption to examine a broader conceptualization that might better illuminate home-leaving among youth in impoverished circumstances. We adopt the Problem Behavior Theory-framework to investigate the association of home-leaving with behavioral and psychosocial variables and with other transitions. We use data on adolescents aged 14-22 years from a three-wave study conducted between 2007 and 2010. We used variable- and person-centered cross-sectional analyses, as well as predictive analysis of home-leaving by subsequent waves. Parental controls protection predicted home-leaving by subsequent waves. Overall, protective factors moderated the association of problem behavior involvement with leaving home in Nairobi's slums. (Contains 2 figures and 7 tables.)
Descriptors: Slums, Foreign Countries, Prediction, Parenting Styles, Parent Child Relationship, Behavior Problems, Behavior Theories, Developmental Tasks, Adolescents, Young Adults, Correlation, Case Studies, Risk, Questionnaires, Socioeconomic Status
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Kenya (Nairobi)
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