Perceptions of the Transition to Adulthood for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Black Men

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dc.contributor.advisorRoy, Kevin Men_US
dc.contributor.authorGolojuch, Lauraen_US
dc.contributor.departmentFamily Studiesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-09-18T05:44:21Z
dc.date.available2015-09-18T05:44:21Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractThe transition to adulthood has drastically changed in the last half century, with more young people delaying and remaking traditional markers of adulthood. Young Black men from socioeconomically disadvantaged contexts, due to experiences of early trauma and adultification and sociostructural barriers to these markers, such as limited job opportunities and racial discrimination, are uniquely situated and may have very different pathways to adulthood than their middle class peers. The present study utilized semi-structured interviews to explore the lived experiences of young Black men (n=21) in the transition to adulthood. Drawing on a life course perspective and utilizing a modified grounded theory methodology, the study examines how early experiences of trauma and adultification, as well as individual’s perceptions of adulthood, shaped the transition to adulthood. Implications for policy and future directions are explored.en_US
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/M28653
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/16984
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSocial researchen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledadultificationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledadverse childhood experienceen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledlife courseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledsocioeconomically disadvantageen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtransition to adulthooden_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledtraumaen_US
dc.titlePerceptions of the Transition to Adulthood for Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Young Black Menen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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