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Peer reviewedElder, Glen H., Jr. – Child Development, 1998
When pioneering longitudinal studies of child development extended into adulthood, they generated issues that could not be addressed satisfactorily by available theories, including the recognition that individual lives are influenced by their ever-changing historical context and that human development concepts should apply to processes across the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Child Development, Context Effect, Developmental Psychology


