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Peer reviewedLaRossa, Ralph; Reitzes, Donald C. – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1993
Conducted content analysis of advice-seeking letters penned between 1925 and 1939 by fathers and mothers concerned with childrearing. Findings support proposition that culture of fatherhood and conduct of fatherhood in Depression-era America were at odds. Found connection between culture of fatherhood and attitudes of mothers toward fathers.…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Fathers, History, Letters (Correspondence)
Kummerow, Jean M.; Hummel, Thomas J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1980
Determined nonbiological characteristics that discriminated between age groups and hypothesized life stages for these groups (provisional adulthood, age 30 transition, and settling down). Life stages do not fit completely but were of some use in describing the age groups, particularly provisional adulthood and settling down. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Developmental Stages
