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Emerging Adult Military-Connected Students Express Challenges Transitioning into Higher Education: Implications for Helping Professionals
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Clary, Kelly Lynn; Byrne, Lucy – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2023
Emerging adult (EA; aged 18-29) military-connected students experience major developmental changes, often coupled with the transition into the civilian sector and higher education. This conglomeration may exacerbate anxiety, stress, and negative coping mechanisms, including substance use. Substance use rates are highest among EAs, across the…
Descriptors: Veterans, Young Adults, College Students, Student Adjustment
Identity Disruption and Its Association with Mental Health among Veterans with Reintegration Difficulty
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Mitchell, Lauren L.; Frazier, Patricia A.; Sayer, Nina A. – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Most research and theory on identity integration focuses on adolescents and young adults under age 30, and relatively little is known about how identity adjusts to major life events later in life. The purpose of the present study was to operationalize and investigate "identity disruption," or a loss of temporal identity integration…
Descriptors: Identification (Psychology), Mental Health, Veterans, Adjustment (to Environment)
Developmental Processes across the First Two Years of Parenthood: Stability and Change in Adult Attachment Style
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Stern, Jessica A.; Fraley, R. Chris; Jones, Jason D.; Gross, Jacquelyn T.; Shaver, Phillip R.; Cassidy, Jude – Developmental Psychology, 2018
The first months after becoming a new parent are a unique and important period in human development. Despite substantial research on the many social and biological changes that occur during the first months of parenthood, little is known about changes in mothers' attachment. The present study examines developmental stability and change in…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Mothers, Adult Development, Economically Disadvantaged
The Influence of Conflicting Role Obligations on Nontraditional Student Baccalaureate Degree Attainment
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Guastella, Rosaria A. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
The purpose of this research study was to investigate the phenomenon of the conflicting roles, such as parent, spouse, employee, caregiver, and community member/volunteer, associated with the lives of nontraditional college students and to reveal how these conflicting role obligations influence these students' persistence toward the attainment of…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Adult Development, Learning Theories, Academic Persistence
Age Identity in Context: Stress and the Subjective Side of Aging
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Schafer, Markus H.; Shippee, Tetyana Pylypiv – Social Psychology Quarterly, 2010
The passage of time is fundamentally experienced through people's interaction with their social worlds. Life-course scholars acknowledge the multiple aspects of time-based experience but have given little attention to age identity in a dynamic context. Drawing from a stress-process model, we expected that turbulence within people's family…
Descriptors: Family Role, Stress Variables, Self Concept, Older Adults
The Impact of E-Portfolio Development on the Employability of Adults Aged 45 and over
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Stevens, Hilary – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2008
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to present the findings of an evaluative case study that used an electronic portfolio to enhance the employability of older adults. The evaluation sought to identify programme effects and highlight the factors that were instrumental in generating them. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative inquiry methods…
Descriptors: Portfolios (Background Materials), Employment Potential, Mentors, Adults