Journal of Comparative Family Studies articles from September 2004

Journal of Comparative Family Studies archives from September 2004

Abstracts (English).(Author Abstract)
September 22, 2004... CHIN-CHUN YI, CHIN-FEN CHANG and YING-HWA CHANG, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 11529, R.O.C. The Intergenerational Transmission of Family Values: A Comparison between Teenagers and Parents in Taiwan This...

Abstracts (French).(Author Abstract)
September 22, 2004... CHIN-CHUN YI, CHIN-FEN CHANG and YING-HWA CHANG, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 11529, R.O.C. The Intergenerational Transmission of Family Values: A Comparison between Teenagers and Parents in Taiwan Cet...

Abstracts (Spanish).(Author Abstract)
September 22, 2004... CHIN-CHUN YI, CHIN-FEN CHANG and YING-HWA CHANG, Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 11529, R.O.C. The Intergenerational Transmission of Family Values: A Comparison between Teenagers and Parents in Taiwan Este...

Youth and family: intergenerational tensions and transfers.
September 22, 2004... INTRODUCTION This special issue comprises seven research papers discussing the intergenerational relations between youth and their families (or parents). The papers, which cover the onset of the teen years to young adulthood, present...

The intergenerational transmission of family values: a comparison between teenagers and parents in Taiwan.
September 22, 2004... Inspired by Melvin Kohn and his colleagues, data gathered from various countries over the last three decades have shown that class structure is a significant aspect in understanding how parents socialize their children. Middle-class parents...

Identifying the mechanisms whereby family religiosity influences the probability of adolescent antisocial behavior*.
September 22, 2004... INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION OF RELIGIOSITY AND ADOLESCENT CONDUCT PROBLEMS: SPECIFYING THE MEDIATING MECHANISMS Beginning with the classical theorists, sociology has stressed the social control function of religion (Durkheim, 1951;...

Family, gender, and educational attainment in Britain: a longitudinal study*.
September 22, 2004... INTRODUCTION The odds are stacked in favour of some young people and against others when it comes to educational attainment in Britain. For example, some youth are more advantaged than others because of privileged socio-economic...

Peace, not war: adolescents' management of intergenerational conflicts in Taiwan*.
September 22, 2004... Adolescence has been characterized by G. Stanley Hall, the first psychologist to advance a scientific theory of adolescence, as a period of "storm and stress" (Muuss, 1996: 16-17). Studies in the west indicate that adolescence is a time when...

Young adults in France: becoming adult in the context of increased autonomy and dependency.
September 22, 2004... When we compare young French adults of between 18 and 29 years of age with their European counterparts, we see that the French live at home with their parents for longer periods of time, that they are less frequently inactive and more often...

Different pathways out of the parental home: a comparison of West Germany and Italy.
September 22, 2004... YOUNG ADULTHOOD AND LEAVING THE PARENTAL HOME The unique importance of leaving the parental home as a crucial step in young adults' personal development relates to the fact that this event belongs to both family and residential spheres: "it...

The change of generational relations based on demographic development: the case of Germany.
September 22, 2004... INTRODUCTION Demographic index numbers have a great influence on structure and development of generational relations. Birth, marriage, separation and divorce as well as becoming widowed and death are variables which substantially determine...

Publications received.
September 22, 2004... ALBA, Richard and Victor NEE, REMAKING THE AMERICAN MAINSTREAM: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press (79 Garden St., 02138, USA), 2003, 359pp., $39.95 hc. BEAUJOT, Roderic and Don...