Early Work Experiences and the transition to Adulthood

描述(由申请者提供)：本申请是对HD-01-004关于NICHD人口研究指导研究科学家发展奖(K01)的通知的回应。尽管绝大多数青少年从事有偿工作，但过去的研究提供了相反的证据，表明青春期的有偿工作是健康和幸福感、风险行为和成年期成就变化的原因、结果还是虚假的关联。我的目标是更好地解决围绕青少年就业的争议。为了实现这一目标，我的第一个目标是继续学习人口学的课程，并与人口学、社会学、犯罪学和发展心理学的关键学者进行严格的指导。这项职业发展计划将包括：与我的导师和咨询委员会合作，开发一种跨学科的方法来处理与青春期和成年早期的健康、成就和风险行为有关的有偿工作；通过宾夕法尼亚州立大学人口研究所开设八门人口学课程；在会议上发表论文报告，并向学术期刊提交手稿；以及准备和提交R01拨款提案。我的第二个目标是利用来自监测未来研究的纵向数据，解决与这一争议有关的四个研究目标：研究早期工作经验在社会经济成就过程中的作用；研究早期工作经验对青春期和成年早期社会、心理和行为发展的影响；记录早期工作经验按性别、种族和民族以及社会经济背景的差异；以及记录早期工作经验的队列差异。拟议的研究计划将以正在进行的监测未来研究的两个主要数据来源为基础。基于队列顺序设计，这一进行中的项目继续收集每年具有全国代表性的8、10和12年级学生样本中的大样本(每个年级约17,000名学生)的数据，并对每个12年级队列和数量有限的8年级队列的子样本进行两年一次的后续调查。自1976年以来，12年级的学生一直被跟踪到成年；1991-93年的三个8年级的队列也每两年跟踪一次，直到青年(26-28岁)。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This application is in response to notice HD-01-004 regarding the NICHD Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) in Population Research. Although the vast majority of teenagers work in paid jobs, past research offers contrary evidence as to whether paid work during adolescence is a cause, consequence, or spurious correlate of changes in health and well-being, risk behavior, and achievement during the transition to adulthood. My goal is to better address the controversy surrounding teenage employment. To accomplish this goal my first objective is to pursue coursework in demography and rigorous mentorship with key scholars in demography, sociology, criminology, and developmental psychology. This career development plan will involve: working with my mentors and advisory committee toward developing an interdisciplinary approach to paid work as it relates to health, achievement, and risk behavior during adolescence and early adulthood; eight courses in demography through the Population Research Institute at the Pennsylvania State University; paper presentations at conference meetings and the submission of manuscripts to academic journals; and the preparation and submission of a R01 grant proposal. My second objective, using longitudinal data from the Monitoring the Future study, is to address four research aims regarding this controversy: to study the role of early work experiences in the process of socioeconomic attainment; to study the effects of early work experiences on social, psychological, and behavioral development during adolescence and early adulthood; to document variation in early work experiences by gender, race and ethnicity, and socioeconomic background; and to document cohort variation in early work experiences. The proposed research plan will be based on two major sources of data collection from the ongoing Monitoring the Future (MTF) study. Based on a cohort-sequential design, this ongoing project continues to collect data on large (approximately 17,000 students per grade), nationally representative samples of 8th, 10th, and 12th graders each year, with biennial follow-up surveys of sub-samples from each 12th grade cohort and a limited number of 8th grade cohorts. The 12th grade cohorts have been followed into adulthood since 1976; three 8th grade cohorts - 1991-93 are also followed biennially into young adulthood (ages 26-28).