@article{ref1,
title="Adolescent home-leaving and the transition to adulthood: A psychosocial and behavioural study in the slums of Nairobi",
journal="International journal of behavioral development",
year="2013",
author="Egondi, Thaddaeus and Kabiru, Caroline and Beguy, Donatien and Kanyiva, Muindi and Jessor, Richard",
volume="37",
number="4",
pages="298-308",
abstract="Home-leaving is considered an important marker of the transition to adulthood and is usually framed as an individual decision. We move beyond this limited assumption to examine a broader conceptualization that might better illuminate home-leaving among youth in impoverished circumstances. We adopt the Problem Behavior Theory-framework to investigate the association of home-leaving with behavioral and psychosocial variables and with other transitions. We use data on adolescents aged 14-22 years from a three-wave study conducted between 2007 and 2010. We used variable- and person-centered cross-sectional analyses, as well as predictive analysis of home-leaving by subsequent waves. Parental controls protection predicted home-leaving by subsequent waves. Overall, protective factors moderated the association of problem behavior involvement with leaving home in Nairobi's slums.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-0254",
doi="10.1177/0165025413479299",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165025413479299"
}