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Schoon, Ingrid, Ed.; Silbereisen, Rainer K., Ed. – Trentham Books, 2017
Among the many life transitions that individuals must master throughout their lives, the transition to adulthood ranks very high in terms of importance, complexity and uniqueness. It involves the completion of education, and the assumption of new social roles and responsibilities, at a time when previous institutional structures that guided…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Social Change, Educational Attainment, Midlife Transitions
Price, William F. – 1983
With the trend toward early retirement and the fact that people are living to an older average age, more years of an individual's life will be spent in retirement. To examine personal values as psychological determinants of the retirement preparation process, 206 classified university employees, between the ages of 50 and 65 years of age,…
Descriptors: Middle Aged Adults, Predictor Variables, Psychological Characteristics, Retirement
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Shorkey, Clayton T.; Armendariz,Juan – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Compared 18 mothers who abused their children to matched controls on several personality measures. Results indicated that irrational thinking is a significant variable related to child abuse. Other variables are discussed. (JAC)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Mothers, Personality, Predictor Variables
Amabile, Teresa M. – 1983
This study directly tested the hypothesis that intrinsic motivation is conducive to creativity and extrinsic motivation is detrimental. Chosen because they identified themselves as actively involved in creative writing, 72 young adults participated in individual laboratory sessions where they were asked to write two brief poems. Before writing the…
Descriptors: College Students, Creative Writing, Creativity, Higher Education
Dalton, James H.; And Others – 1983
Freshmen college students often experience a dramatic change in activities, values, and personal demands compared to home and previous schooling. To investigate the relationship between psychological maladjustment and stressful life events, locus of control, and social support networks, 62 college freshmen in their first semester of school…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Coping, Higher Education, Locus of Control
Kaiser, Charles F.; Berndt, David J. – 1983
Loneliness has been implicated as a central causal factor in depression, suicide, social problems, physical illness and general maladjustment. To investigate the correlates of loneliness in gifted adolescents, 175 adolescents (aged 14-17) who had been separated from their homes to participate in a special academic program completed a battery of…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
Lehmann, Stan; And Others – 1983
Although social support has been operationally defined, a lack of conceptual clarity has made measurement modest and unreliable. To investigate the feasibility of measuring social support from a qualitative rather than a quantitative perspective, and to consider negative social interactions in the assessment, 130 college students were administered…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Measurement Techniques, Negative Attitudes