Research based on clinical samples suggests that poor-quality relationships with parents are associated with paranoid disorders; however, no research has investigated such relations within nonclinical populations. Undergraduate students (N = 179) completed self-reports of paranoid thinking, quality of relationships with mothers and fathers,…

Using data from the 1992-2000 waves of the Health and Retirement Study, this article examines the relationship between the presence and age of children in the home and parental mobility in midlife. Although a substantial literature evaluates the factors affecting the timing of children leaving (and returning) home, less attention has been paid to…

Reports on research results concerning Italian families with young adults, ages 20 to 30 years. Results indicate that family relations are both an optimum context for children's self-fulfillment and a hindrance for the generational transition. Problems reside in the representation of adulthood that both parents and children share. (RJM)

Provides a synopsis of research on young people in Germany and examines whether they live longer in their parents' home. Also presents demographic developments during the past 45 years. Explores the age which young people leave the parental home and discusses the reasons for staying home or moving out. (RJM)

Reports on differences between young people in Italy and those abroad. Drawing on data from three censuses, found that Italy is characterized by a high percentage of family-of-origin households which is attributed to the fact that most young adults there leave home only to marry. (RJM)

Drawing on data from 1950 to 1990, examines Dutch trends in the leaving home process. Discusses the relationship of material and nonmaterial resources in the family and outside the family with young adults' decision for leaving or staying home. Explores variables, such as parental money and parental services, in these decisions. (RJM)

Reviews research from the 1990s on leaving-home trends in the United States. Found a correlation between the leaving-home process in early adulthood and changes in the core nuclear family. Relationships between parents and children shape the launch from home, whereas those between men and women shape the destinations. (RJM)

This study develops and tests a theoretical model to explain sibling violence based on the feminist, conflict, and social learning theoretical perspectives and research in psychology and sociology. A multivariate analysis of data from 651 young adults generally supports hypotheses from all three theoretical perspectives. Males with brothers have…

Drawing on census data from 1975 to 1994, reports on the leaving-home behavior of youth in France. Findings indicate that French youth tend to leave the parental home increasingly later, mainly due to unemployment. But the impact of unemployment varied according to the young person's sex and residential situation. (RJM)