“Expanding our horizons:” Longitudinal development, expectations of success, and uncertainty in late adolescent and young adult marital expectations

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Main Author:	Arocho, Rachel R.
Language:	English
Published:	The Ohio State University / OhioLINK 2018
Subjects:	Families and Family Life
Online Access:	http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153175621001522

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spelling	ndltd-OhioLink-oai-etd.ohiolink.edu-osu1531756210015222021-08-03T07:07:43Z “Expanding our horizons:” Longitudinal development, expectations of success, and uncertainty in late adolescent and young adult marital expectations Arocho, Rachel R. Families and Family Life Understanding the development of expectations for marriage and for divorce may help explain behavior in young adulthood. Most previous studies of union expectations have measured them at one point in time and with assumed certainty, but theory and research suggests that expectations for marriage and divorce are not static and that certainty should not be assumed. In Chapter 1 I briefly introduced my motivation for studying expectations, the theoretical frameworks driving my inquiry, and the data used in the remaining chapters. In Chapter 2 I used data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics Transition to Adulthood to document patterns of change in expectations for both marriage and divorce in unmarried young adults and then used hybrid-effects panel regression to predict differences between respondents and within individuals over time. A variety of factors predicted both between- and within-individual differences in expectations for marriage and for divorce. Being in a relationship was associated with especially optimistic expectations. I used the same data in Chapter 3 to estimate the association between expectations to divorce and entry into first premarital cohabitation and first marriage across ages 18-28 using discrete-time survival models. Greater expectations for divorce predicted slower transitions into marriage and greater odds of entering cohabitation instead of marriage in young adulthood. In Chapter 4 I used repeated cross-sectional surveys of high school seniors from Monitoring the Future 1976-2016 to examine changes over time in “I have no idea” responses regarding expected marriage. In addition, I tested associations between these “don’t know” responses and personal characteristics such as socioeconomic prospects and relationship experiences and other expectations. The sheer number of uncertain responses, more than three times those who did not expect to marry in most years, suggested that uncertainty should not be ignored. Over time, respondents became less likely to report they expected not to marry, compared to reporting uncertainty, but they also were more likely to report they did expect to marry compared to being uncertain. Uncertainty regarding marriage was associated with uncertainty and pessimism regarding other family life experiences. Finally, in Chapter 5 I provided concluding thoughts by comparing and contrasting the contributions of each study and discussed implications for theory and policy. 2018 English text The Ohio State University / OhioLINK http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153175621001522 http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu153175621001522 restricted--full text unavailable until 2023-08-06 This thesis or dissertation is protected by copyright: all rights reserved. It may not be copied or redistributed beyond the terms of applicable copyright laws.
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“Expanding our horizons:” Longitudinal development, expectations of success, and uncertainty in late adolescent and young adult marital expectations

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