Roy Kevin, Jones Nikki
Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park.
New Dir Child Adolesc Dev. 2014 Mar;2014(143):1-9. doi: 10.1002/cad.20051.
This chapter introduces the innovative field-based studies on disadvantaged men that are featured in this volume. Together, these studies of disadvantaged men from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and both urban and nonurban settings complement and extend recent discussions of emerging adulthood, which typically conceptualizes the transition to adulthood as a normative and linear process. The authors offer that the research presented here provides a more accurate rendering of the transition to adulthood for young disadvantaged men. For disadvantaged young men, the transition to adulthood is often complex and nonlinear, and features a diversity of pathways that are often overlooked in contemporary research on transitions to adulthood. The chapter ends with a call for research and theory that better reflects the precarious nature of pathways to adulthood for disadvantaged men in urban and nonurban settings. Researchers are encouraged to draw on findings from field-based studies to inform policies and practices directed at minimizing the marginalization of disadvantaged men from mainstream society.
本章介绍了本卷中以处于不利地位的男性为特色的创新性实地研究。这些对来自不同种族和民族背景、城市和非城市环境的处于不利地位的男性的研究共同补充并扩展了近期关于新兴成年期的讨论，后者通常将向成年期的过渡概念化为一个规范且线性的过程。作者们认为，此处呈现的研究为弱势年轻男性向成年期的过渡提供了更准确的描述。对于弱势年轻男性而言，向成年期的过渡往往复杂且非线性，具有多种途径，而这些途径在当代关于向成年期过渡的研究中常常被忽视。本章最后呼吁开展研究并形成理论，以更好地反映城市和非城市环境中弱势男性通往成年期途径的不稳定性质。鼓励研究人员借鉴实地研究的结果，为旨在尽量减少弱势男性被主流社会边缘化的政策和实践提供信息。
