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Markunas, Patricia V. – 1978
The age-status system in adulthood was investigated, using a 58-item instrument which divided adulthood subjectively into three periods: normative expectations for various adulthood developmental tasks (marriage, parenthood, employment, retirement, etc.); the lower age constraints ("too young") for these behaviors. In addition, 22 items regarding…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age, Age Differences
Download full textCytrynbaum, Solomon; And Others – 1978
A systematic review and critique of the work of midlife researchers and theorists such as Gould, Vaillant, Jung, Newman and Levinson, among others, indicates that: (1) a midlife transition period exists from approximately 35 to 55 and lasts as many as 10 years for both men and women; (2) a series of unique and fundamental biological, psychosocial,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age, Behavior Patterns
