Page 1 |
Save page Remove page | Previous | 1 of 146 | Next |
|
small (250x250 max)
medium (500x500 max)
large ( > 500x500)
Full Resolution
All (PDF)
|
This page
All
Subset |
TRANSMISSION AND TRANSITIONS: YOUNG ADULTS’ BELIEFS, VALUES
AND LIFE COURSE TRANSITIONS IN FAMILIAL CONTEXT
by
Casey E. Copen
___________________________________________________________________
A Dissertation Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY
(SOCIOLOGY)
August 2008
Copyright 2008 Casey E. Copen
Object Description
| Title | Transmission and transitions: young adults' beliefs, values and life course transitions in familial context |
| Author | Copen, Casey E. |
| Author email | ccopen@usc.edu |
| Degree | Doctor of Philosophy |
| Document type | Dissertation |
| Degree program | Sociology |
| School | College of Letters, Arts and Sciences |
| Date defended/completed | 2008-05-29 |
| Date submitted | 2008 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2008-07-18 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Casper, Lynne |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Silverstein, Merril Biblarz, Timothy Crimmins, Eileen |
| Abstract | This dissertation aimed to explain how young adults social origins influence their beliefs, values and behaviors in adulthood. More specifically, the objectives were: 1) to measure the extent to which there is intergenerational religious continuity in the family; 2) to identify the ways in which parental divorce and gender condition the religious transmission process in families; 3) to examine how the acquisition of adult roles, such as marriage and parenthood, influence young adults ' values toward individualistic and collectivism; 4) to assess how status attainment processes within the family influence the union formation process and 5) to determine how the effect of parents' education on their children 's union formation varies by gender and union type. Analyses were performed using two data sources: 1) the Longitudinal Study of Generations (LSOG) -- a multi-wave four-generation study, and 2) the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) -- a nationally representative study of parents and their children.; Multivariate models from the third chapter using the LSOG (N=565) showed strong resemblance of grandmothers, parents and children on religious beliefs and values. This chapter also demonstrated that parental divorce weakened the intergenerational transmission of religion within families. Using the LSOG, my fourth chapter uses fixed and random effects to study value changes in young adulthood (N=451). These models revealed a strong shift in values toward collectivism with the occurrence of life events such as marriage and parenthood. In contrast, young adults who cohabited with a partner became more individualistic over time. These findings suggest values are shaped by social roles adopted in young adulthood. Event-history models from the fifth chapter (N=2,388) using the NSFH indicated parents' college education reduces the monthly odds of young adults' union formation. This finding suggests the transmission of educational attainment from parents to children influences the timing of young adults' first unions. As a whole, my dissertation provides evidence parents -- and grandparents -- influence young adults' beliefs, values and behaviors. My dissertation also demonstrates young adults' values toward individualism and collectivism are malleable over the life course. |
| Keyword | marriage; cohabitation; intergenerational transmission; religion |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m1358 |
| Rights | Copen, Casey E. |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Copen-20080718 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume14/etd-Copen-20080718.pdf |
Description
| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | TRANSMISSION AND TRANSITIONS: YOUNG ADULTS’ BELIEFS, VALUES AND LIFE COURSE TRANSITIONS IN FAMILIAL CONTEXT by Casey E. Copen ___________________________________________________________________ A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (SOCIOLOGY) August 2008 Copyright 2008 Casey E. Copen |
Comments
Post a Comment for Page 1
