Working and Growing Up in America / Jeylan T. Mortimer.
2009
HD6273 .M67 2003
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Title
Working and Growing Up in America / Jeylan T. Mortimer.
Author
Mortimer, Jeylan T., author.
ISBN
9780674041240
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2003
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource (304 p.)
Item Number
10.4159/9780674041240 doi
Call Number
HD6273 .M67 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
331.3/47/0973
Summary
Should teenagers have jobs while they're in high school? Doesn't working distract them from schoolwork, cause long-term problem behaviors, and precipitate a "precocious" transition to adulthood? This report from a remarkable longitudinal study of 1,000 students, followed from the beginning of high school through their mid-twenties, answers, resoundingly, no. Examining a broad range of teenagers, Jeylan Mortimer concludes that high school students who work even as much as half-time are in fact better off in many ways than students who don't have jobs at all. Having part-time jobs can increase confidence and time management skills, promote vocational exploration, and enhance subsequent academic success. The wider social circle of adults they meet through their jobs can also buffer strains at home, and some of what young people learn on the job--not least responsibility and confidence--gives them an advantage in later work life.
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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text file PDF
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022)
Series
Adolescent Lives ; 2
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Table of Contents
Frontmatter
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. SHOULD ADOLESCENTS WORK?
2. THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT STUDY
3. TIME ALLOCATION AND QUALITY OF WORK
4. THE ECOLOGY OF YOUTH WORK
5. PRECURSORS OF INVESTMENT IN WORK
6. WORKING AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
7. THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
8. WORKING AND BECOMING ADULT
APPENDIX. Panel Selection
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
1. SHOULD ADOLESCENTS WORK?
2. THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT STUDY
3. TIME ALLOCATION AND QUALITY OF WORK
4. THE ECOLOGY OF YOUTH WORK
5. PRECURSORS OF INVESTMENT IN WORK
6. WORKING AND ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT
7. THE TRANSITION TO ADULTHOOD
8. WORKING AND BECOMING ADULT
APPENDIX. Panel Selection
NOTES
REFERENCES
INDEX