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Peer reviewedTarg, Dena B. – Family Coordinator, 1979
Studies of the adult cycle often concentrate on ordered life events. Researchers deny importance to unanticipated events. However, for women at middle age, trends in the number of divorces, widows, and women entering the labor force indicate that unanticipated events are of central importance in assessing women's experience. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Divorce, Employed Women, Expectation
