Do You Need to Leave Home to Grow Up? The Rural Adolescent's Dilemma.

Donaldson, Gordon A.

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Publication Date: 1986

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Do You Need to Leave Home to Grow Up? The Rural Adolescent's Dilemma.

Donaldson, Gordon A.

Research in Rural Education, v3 n3 p121-25 Spr 1986

Explores forces of tradition and community and pressures to find work and succeed in "modern" world on lives of rural youth. Examines data on 46 youth (aged 17-24) from Sawyer, Maine. Suggests lessons for social service professionals as they help youth, their families, and their communities build constructive future lives. (NEC)

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Community Attitudes, Community Role, Coping, Expectation, Maturity (Individuals), Place of Residence, Rural Environment, Rural Urban Differences, Rural Youth, Social Differences

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Maine

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