The Profundity of the Everyday: Family Routines in Adolescence Predict Development in Young Adulthood.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The current study was designed to investigate the unique, long-term effects of family routines during adolescence on multiple developmental domains in young adulthood for rural African-Americans.

Methods

Prospective data were collected annually for 6 years from 504 rural African-American youth and their parents, beginning when the youth were 16 years of age.

Results

Results indicated that youth whose primary caregivers reported more family routines during adolescence (e.g., regularly eating together as a family, consistent bedtime) reported less alcohol use, greater emotional self-regulation, lower epinephrine levels, and higher rates of college/university enrollment in young adulthood. These effects were evident for all outcomes controlling for socioeconomic

SUBMITTER: Barton AW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9389627 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature