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Family Relationships from Adolescence to Early Adulthood: Changes in the Family System following Firstborns' Leaving Home
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Whiteman, Shawn D.; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C. – Journal of Research on Adolescence, 2011
This study charted the course of parent-child and sibling relationships from early adolescence to early adulthood and examined how these relationships changed following firstborns' departure from their parents' home for the first time. Data were drawn from a 10-year longitudinal study of family relationships. Participants included mothers,…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Siblings, Early Adolescents, Intimacy
Constructing Identities: The Ethno-National and Nationalistic Identities of White and Turkish Students in Two English Secondary Schools
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Faas, Daniel – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2008
This article investigates how 15-year-old white and Turkish students in two Inner London comprehensive schools, one in a predominantly working-class area (Millroad School) and the other in a more middle-class environment (Darwin School), construct their identities. Drawing on mainly qualitative data from documentary sources, focus groups and…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Working Class, Middle Class, Social Differences
Longitudinal Linkages between Sibling Relationships and Adjustment from Middle Childhood through Adolescence
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Kim, Ji-Yeon; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C.; Osgood, D. Wayne – Developmental Psychology, 2007
The links between changes in sibling conflict and intimacy and changes in perceived peer social competence and depression symptoms were examined from middle childhood through adolescence. Participants were mothers, fathers and first- and second-born siblings from 197 White, working/middle class, two-parent families. Peer competence peaked in …
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Middle Class, Interpersonal Competence, Females
Inner-City Femininities and Education: "Race", Class, Gender and Schooling in Young Women's Lives
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Archer, Louise; Halsall, Anna; Hollingworth, Sumi – Gender and Education, 2007
This paper considers how urban, ethnically diverse working class girls' constructions of femininities mediate and shape their dis/engagement with education and schooling. We discuss how girls generated a sense of identity value/worth through practices such as "speaking my mind"--which prioritized notions of agency and visibility and…
Descriptors: Middle Class, Females, Working Class, Gender Issues
Partnership and Conflict between Parents and Schools: How Are Schools Reacting to the New Participation Law in Flanders (Belgium)?
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Dom, Leen; Verhoeven, Jef C. – Journal of Education Policy, 2006
This paper explores the relationship between parents and schools. Over the last 30 years the importance attached to parents' views on education has increased significantly throughout the Western world. Policy-makers encourage parental participation and involvement through the creation of councils in which parents have a say. In Flanders in Belgium…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent School Relationship, School Law, Politics of Education
Working Class Mothers and School Life: Exploring the Role of Emotional Capital
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Gillies, Val – Gender and Education, 2006
This paper explores the emotional resources generated by working class mothers to support their children at school. Analysis of material from qualitative interview research with a range working class mothers will focus on specific accounts of children's school lives to reveal how situated meanings can clash with institutional expectations. By…
Descriptors: Coping, Social Bias, Social Capital, Foreign Countries