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Thornton, James E.; Collins, John B.; Birren, James E.; Svensson, Cheryl – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2011
The developmental exchange is a central feature of social development, interpersonal dynamics, situated learning, and personal transformation. It is the enabling process in Guided Autobiography (GAB) settings that promotes the achievement of personal goals and group accomplishments. Nevertheless, these exchanges are embedded in the GAB structures…
Descriptors: Autobiographies, Social Development, Self Concept, Socialization
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Isaacowitz, Derek M.; Vaillant, George E.; Seligman, Martin E. P. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2003
Positive psychology has recently developed a classification of human strengths (Peterson & Seligman, in press). We aimed to evaluate these strengths by investigating the strengths and life satisfaction in three adult samples recruited from the community (young adult, middle-aged, and older adult), as well as in the surviving men of the Grant study…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adults, Older Adults, Life Satisfaction