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Prager, Karen J.; Bailey, John M. – 1984
The present study examined the relationship of psychological androgyny with ego development in the context of Loevinger's theory, and with psychosocial crisis resolution from the perspective of Erikson's theory. A sample of 30 male and 30 female adults completed the Bem Sex Role Inventory, the Washington University Sentence Completion Test and the…
Descriptors: Adults, Androgyny, Developmental Stages, Maturity (Individuals)
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Cantwell, Alisa; Rubin, Hyla – Annals of Dyslexia, 1992
This study compared the object naming, object recognition, reading, and spelling abilities of 22 adults, half with written language difficulties and half without. Significant positive relationships were obtained between object naming ability and reading ability, object naming and spelling, and reading and spelling performance. Results suggest that…
Descriptors: Adults, Correlation, Expressive Language, Learning Disabilities
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Magnusson, David – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1985
Discusses research on human development from an interactional perspective; methodological problems connected with interindividual differences in biological maturation (using empirical studies from a longitudinal program); and major implications for further development research in an interactional perspective. (Author/BE)
Descriptors: Adults, Biological Influences, Children, Environmental Influences
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Lewis, Barbara A.; Freebairn, Lisa – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1992
Performance on measures of phonology, reading, and spelling was evaluated for subjects (including 20 preschoolers, 23 grade school children, 17 adolescents, and 17 adults). Subjects had a history of a preschool phonology disorder. Although relative performance improved across age groups, at each age group subjects performed more poorly than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Adults, Age Differences
Planck, Ulrich – 1984
Conducted in 1955 and 1980, random sample interview data of 17 to 28 year-old West Germans from places of less than 5,000 inhabitants are used to support the thesis that the post-adolescent phase has been prolonged in the countryside of West Germany during these years of increasing technical and economic development. Findings indicate occupational…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Attitudes, Developing Nations
Miller, Melvin E., Ed.; Cook-Greuter, Susanne R., Ed. – 2000
This book contains 11 papers on creativity, spirituality, and transcendence as paths to integrity and wisdom in the mature self. The book begins with the paper "Introduction--Creativity in Adulthood: Personal Maturity and Openness to Extraordinary Sources of Inspiration" (Susanne R. Cook-Greuter, Melvin E. Miller). The next four papers,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning