TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Adolescent home-leaving and the transition to adulthood: A psychosocial and behavioural study in the slums of Nairobi
JO  - International journal of behavioral development
A1  - Egondi, Thaddaeus
A1  - Kabiru, Caroline
A1  - Beguy, Donatien
A1  - Kanyiva, Muindi
A1  - Jessor, Richard
SP  - 298
EP  - 308
VL  - 37
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-0254
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165025413479299
ID  - ref1
ER  -