Hayford Sarah R, Furstenberg Frank F
Arizona State University.
J Res Adolesc. 2008 Jun 1;18(2):285-304. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2008.00561.
As the transition to adulthood becomes more protracted and less orderly, fewer young people occupy adult roles and experience the social control associated with these roles. One might therefore expect behaviors associated with the teenage years to spill over into older age groups, reflecting postponed entrance into full social adulthood. We test this hypothesis by examining trends over time in the age distribution of crime, substance use, and violent death. We find little evidence that behaviors typical of adolescence are moving upward to older ages. Although the achievement of adult roles is being pushed to older ages, this stretching of the transition to adulthood is not reflected in the observed patterns of substance use, violent death, and arrests.
随着向成年期的过渡变得更加漫长且缺乏秩序，占据成人角色并体验与这些角色相关的社会控制的年轻人越来越少。因此，人们可能会预期与青少年时期相关的行为会蔓延到年龄更大的群体中，这反映出进入完全社会成年期的时间推迟了。我们通过研究犯罪、物质使用和暴力死亡的年龄分布随时间的趋势来检验这一假设。我们几乎没有发现证据表明典型的青少年行为正朝着更高年龄推移。尽管获得成人角色的时间被推迟到了更高年龄，但向成年期过渡的这种延长并未在观察到的物质使用、暴力死亡和逮捕模式中得到体现。
