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Predicting Socioeconomic Success and Mental Health Outcomes for Young Adults who Dropped out of College

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dc.contributor.authorFaas, Caitlin Suzanneen
dc.contributor.committeechairBenson, Mark J.en
dc.contributor.committeechairKaestle, Christine E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberBradburn, Isabel S.en
dc.contributor.committeememberSavla, Jyoti S.en
dc.contributor.departmentHuman Developmenten
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-01T08:00:06Zen
dc.date.available2013-11-01T08:00:06Zen
dc.date.issued2013-10-31en
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation is comprised of two studies that both aimed to understand the population of young adults who dropped out of college. Life course theory and the theory of emerging adulthood were used to create the theoretical foundation for the studies. The first study explored how students who dropped out of college were faring during young adulthood on multiple measures of well-being (personal income, job satisfaction, subjective socioeconomic success, mastery, happiness, depression, and stress). Five latent classes emerged from the data, which demonstrated the heterogeneity within the sample (N = 1,530). The second study then utilized the same sample to examine how transitions into adulthood predicted well-being during young adulthood while controlling for family of origin resources and developmental assets. The transitions to adulthood included timing of marriage, parenthood, and whether or not the young adult was living independently of their parents or not. The hypotheses based on theory were partially supported, with some differences existing between men and women. The discussion reviews the implications for practice and policy.en
dc.description.degreePh. D.en
dc.format.mediumETDen
dc.identifier.othervt_gsexam:1657en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/23934en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectyoung adulten
dc.subjectsocioeconomic successen
dc.subjectmental healthen
dc.subjectcollege studenten
dc.titlePredicting Socioeconomic Success and Mental Health Outcomes for Young Adults who Dropped out of Collegeen
dc.typeDissertationen
thesis.degree.disciplineHuman Developmenten
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen
thesis.degree.namePh. D.en

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