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Povilaitis, Victoria; Sibthorp, Jim; Richmond, Dan – Journal of Outdoor Recreation, Education, and Leadership, 2021
Emerging adults engage in a range of education, employment, and other experiences that provide opportunities to build skills necessary for future success. The camp industry employs 1.5 million individuals each summer, and its potential as a setting for development is important to understand. The purpose of this study was to identify the outcomes…
Descriptors: Camps, Employment, Young Adults, Adult Development
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Rudert, Selma C.; Janke, Stefan; Greifeneder, Rainer – Developmental Psychology, 2020
Ostracism, that is, being excluded and ignored by others, is a highly painful and threatening experience for individuals. Most empirical research on ostracism has been carried out in the lab or focused on samples in specific contexts. Here, we investigate the effects of age on how individuals experience ostracism within a broad, representative…
Descriptors: Rejection (Psychology), Social Isolation, Age, Adults
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Benson, Lizbeth; English, Tammy; Conroy, David E.; Pincus, Aaron L.; Gerstorf, Denis; Ram, Nilam – Developmental Psychology, 2019
Life span developmental theories suggest that as individuals age, they accumulate knowledge about how to deploy emotion regulation (ER) strategies effectively and learn how to match their ER strategy use with changes in situational demands. Using an event-contingent experience sampling design wherein 150 adults Age 18 to 89 years reported on…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Emotional Response, Emotional Experience, Self Control
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Watkins, Karen; Forge, Nicholas; Lewinson, Terri; Garner, Brittany; Carter, Larance D.; Greenwald, Lindsay – Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 2018
Social work educators are challenged to adopt innovative instructional methods and pedagogies to prepare students to meet the contemporary needs of diverse client populations. A team-based learning (TBL) approach is a pedagogical strategy that utilizes cooperative and collaborative learning principles to inspire academic, professional, and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Social Work, Cooperative Learning
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Nikitin, Jana; Freund, Alexandra M. – Developmental Psychology, 2018
Social approach and social avoidance goals (i.e., approach of positive and avoidance of negative outcomes in social situations) are important predictors of the feeling of being socially integrated or isolated. However, little is known about the development of these goals across adulthood. In a large diary study with N = 744 young (18-39 years),…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Motivation, Interpersonal Competence, Social Isolation
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Scales, Peter C.; Benson, Peter L.; Oesterle, Sabrina; Hill, Karl G.; Hawkins, J. David; Pashak, Travis J. – Applied Developmental Science, 2016
In this article, we draw on the theoretical and empirical literature to name what appear to be core dimensions of successful young adult development. We also describe some possible indicators and measures of those dimensions and sketch the kinds of developmental relationships and opportunities young people need in adolescence to effectively…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adult Development, Adolescent Development, Developmental Stages