Young People, Health and Family Life

Erscheinungsjahr 1994
ISBN: 978-0-335-23087-7
Verlag: Open University Press

Buch, Englisch

- What is it like to be a teenager today? - How do parents and teenagers experience their roles and responsiblities? - And how does the problem of health - a major cultural goal of the twentieth century - figure in the perspective and priorties of young people and their parentsThis book seeks to answer these questions in a unique study of over 800 16-year-olds. Taking family life as the focus, the book explores a critical moment in teenagers and parents lives with respect to the transition to adulthood, a point a which young people and parents take important decisions about the future, especially concerning education, training and the labour market.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brannen, Julia

Dodd, Kathryn

Oakley, Ann

Storey, Pamela

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Familiensoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Themes and methods
meanings of adolescence
fathers and mothers
definitions of health
young people and illness
taking risks
families, rules and young people
household negotiations and food
household negotiations - sex, smoking, alcohol and drugs
relations between parents and young people