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Peer reviewedLieblich, Amia – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1986
Investigated life history of American career women (N=24) at midlife. The transitions experienced by these women during their lifetimes were categorized into "masculine" or "feminine" types. It was found that they were distributed about equally between the two types of transitions, thus excluding a simple biological approach.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Employed Women, Foreign Countries, Middle Aged Adults
Download full textDatan, Nancy; And Others – 1982
A study of middle-aged women in five Israeli sub-cultures--immigrant Jews from central Europe, Turkey, Persia, and North Africa and Israeli-born Muslim Arabs--reflects the expectation that culture may shape the response to biological change. The study was carried out in four phases. First, psychiatric interviews were conducted with 55 women. In…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Attitudes, Behavior Change, Biological Influences
