First Year Out Understanding American Teens after High School

Name: First Year Out Understanding American Teens after High School
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ISBN: 9780226110660

ISBN-10: 0226110664

ISBN-13: 9780226110660

Edition: 2007

Authors: Tim Clydesdale

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Wild parties, late nights, and lots of sex, drugs, and alcohol. Many assume these are the things that define an American teenager’s first year after high school. But the reality is really quite different. As Tim Clydesdale reports inThe First Year Out,teenagers generally manage the increased responsibilities of everyday life immediately after graduation effectively. But, like many good things, this comes at a cost. Tracking the daily lives of fifty young people making the transition to life after high school, Clydesdale reveals how teens settle intonbsp;manageable patterns of substance use and sexual activity; how they meet the requirements of postsecondary education; and how they cope…

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 5/15/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 239
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: An Unexpected Journey



Four Teens



Starting Points



Navigating Relationships, Managing Gratifications



Working for Money, Spending for Fun



Cognitively Sharper, Intellectually Immune



Narrowed Perspectives, Broader Implications


Methodological Appendix


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index