The first year out: understanding American teens after high school
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Main Author: Clydesdale, Timothy T., (Timothy Thomas) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago University of Chicago Press c2007
Series:Morality and society
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-253) and index
Preface -- Introduction: an unexpected journey -- Four teens -- Starting points -- Navigating relationships, managing gratifications -- Working for money, spending for fun -- Cognitively sharper, intellectually immune -- Narrowed perspectives, broader implications -- Methodological appendix -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- Index
Wild parties, late nights, and lots of sex, drugs, and alcohol. Many assume these are the things that define an American teenager?s first year after high school. But the reality is really quite different. As Tim Clydesdale reports in The First Year Out, teenagers generally manage the increased responsibilities of everyday life immediately after graduation effectively. But, like many good things, this comes at a cost. Tracking the daily lives of fifty young people making the transition to life after high school, Clydesdale reveals how teens settle into manageable patterns of substance use and s
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 265 p.)
ISBN:0226110672
9780226110677

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