Mastery, Homeownership, and Adult Roles During the Transition to Adulthood

We investigate the relationship between homeownership and personal sense of mastery in the transition to adulthood and examine whether three important adult transitions (employment, marriage/cohabitation, and parenthood) moderate the impact of homeownership on mastery. Utilizing the N ational L ongitudinal S urvey of Y outh— Y oung A dult S ample ( N = 1,609), we estimate change models to assess the direct effects of homeownership on mastery as...