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Kormanik, Martin B.; Rocco, Tonette S. – Human Resource Development Review, 2009
One aspect of personality, perceptions of internal versus external control of reinforcement, shifts under conditions of change. This review of the literature examines the relationship between planned organizational change and locus of control. The review includes literature from the disciplines of clinical and social psychology, adult development,…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Learning Theories, Locus of Control, Organizational Change
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Cain, Rudolph A. – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1994
This exploratory, cross-sectional study examined the impact of independent variables on the adult development cycle of 33 African-American professionals. Shifts in locus of control and life themes and the impact of racism on locus of control were focuses of the inquiry. Implications for diagnosis and intervention are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Attitudes, Blacks, Identification
Billington, Dorothy D. – Australian Journal of Adult and Community Education, 1990
Sixty doctoral students aged 37-48 completed the Sentence Completion Test and a personal orientation inventory. Results indicated that they experienced significant personal growth and greater intrinsic locus of control at schools with nonauthoritarian environments emphasizing support, trust, respect, and self-directed learning. Exposure to a level…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Developmental Stages, Difficulty Level
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Starr, Jerold M. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1982
Suggests that the established life history approach to the study of aging has been reformulated to include the macrostructural and cultural context. Demonstrates the utility of some core concepts in social phenomenology and ethnomethodology, particularly Schutz's concept of biographical work, for developing this new conception of the self.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Gerontology, Locus of Control
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Steitz, Jean A. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1981
Examined the effects of social age status and gender on perception of control of work, home, and school situations. Adults perceived the greatest control through the ability to influence powerful others. Adult females perceived greater influence than adolescent or retired females but the same as males of any age. (Author/JA)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences
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Strong, Catherine – Gerontologist, 1984
Explores how families who care for their elderly relatives view their situations, in semistructured interviews with 10 Indian and 10 White caretakers of ill elderly relatives in the rural northwest. Results implied that cultural background influences the meaning of caretaking and that both affect the coping strategies selected. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, American Indians, Coping, Cross Cultural Studies
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Billington, Dorothy D. – Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 1990
Men and women (N=60) who had begun doctoral studies between ages of 37 and 48, half in traditional and half in self-directed learning (SDL) programs, completed 2 questionnaires. Significant ego development was found in the nonauthoritarian SDL environments, which were challenging and nurturing and fostered content mastery, skill acquisition, and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Cognitive Development, Doctoral Programs
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Medinger, Fred; Varghese, Raju – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1981
Suggests that cycles of stress and anxiety in middle age may have a developmental etiology and may be a necessary part of the developmental process. Proposes reintegration of the cognitive structure to accommodate new elements reduces stress, leaving the adult changed with respect to certain beliefs. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), Anxiety, Cognitive Processes
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Schulz, Richard; And Others – Journal of Social Issues, 1991
Research suggests that primary control increases as humans develop from infancy through middle age and then decreases in old age. To minimize losses, individuals rely on cognitively based secondary control processes in middle and old age. Literature on adult control processes is reviewed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adult Development, Adults