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Transitions to Adulthood of 'At Risk' Young Men: New Analysis from Two Norwegian Qualitative Longitudinal Studies

Solem, M-B; Helgeland, IM; Brannen, J; Phoenix, A; (2020) Transitions to Adulthood of 'At Risk' Young Men: New Analysis from Two Norwegian Qualitative Longitudinal Studies. Children & Society 10.1111/chso.12369. Green open access

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Abstract

This paper focuses on two cohorts of Norwegian young men whose behaviour in childhood and adolescence caused serious concern to their parents, teachers, social workers and, in some cases, the police, Despite having been identified as ‘at risk’, they made transitions to positive adult masculine identities in two different historical contexts; the 1980s and 2000s. The paper analyses the difference that historical context makes to these young men’s lives, their gendered identity work and their perspectives on their past, present and future. In particular, it identifies the ways in which supportive intergenerational relationships and significant others serve to produce positive turning points and, over time, help the young men to develop resilience and potentially happy and successful futures.

Type: Article
Title: Transitions to Adulthood of 'At Risk' Young Men: New Analysis from Two Norwegian Qualitative Longitudinal Studies
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1111/chso.12369
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12369
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
Keywords: Social Sciences, Social Work, adolescence, agency, behaviour problems, bullying, parenting, SCHOOL, EXPERIENCES, AGENCY, WORK, RESILIENCE, CHILDREN, CHOICE
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Social Research Institute
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10090759
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