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Stelle, Charlie D.; Sheehan, Nancy W. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2011
While research on parent-adult child relationships has expanded over the last two decades, most research has ignored the experiences of older fathers and their relationships with adult children. The present study sought to explore how midlife and older men assess the costs and rewards associated with their fatherhood experiences and how fathers'…
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Self Concept, Rewards, Fathers
Ehlman, Katie; Ligon, Mary – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 2012
Generativity is a concept first introduced by Erik Erikson as a part of his psychosocial theory which outlines eight stages of development in the human life. Generativity versus stagnation is the main developmental concern of middle adulthood; however, generativity is also recognized as an important theme in the lives of older adults. Building on…
Descriptors: Gerontology, College Instruction, Undergraduate Students, Older Adults

Datan, Nancy – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1988
Considers Greek myth of Oedipus and proposes an Oedipus cycle, in contrast to Freud's Oedipus complex, which represents not the unconscious passions of a small boy, but rather the awareness of the life cycle in the larger context of the succession of the generations and their mutual interdependence. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Individual Development, Mythology, Older Adults

Rosel, Natalie – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1988
Applies Erikson's life cycle conception of ego integrity versus despair in old age to three octogenarian women: Augusta Turnley (fiction), Florida Scott-Maxwell, and Arie Carpenter. Both dialectical struggle in Erikson's model of old age and specific components of ego integrity, despair, and wisdom are made concrete in theoretical exploration of…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Developmental Stages, Females, Individual Development

Pirow, P. C. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1994
Submits that useful quantitative measure of aging is provided by measures of athletic performance. Describes development of model for top athletic performance and for performance of any person at any age. Explains that model shows that athletic performance undergoes significant changes at certain ages and that these change points break the aging…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Athletics, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries

Runyan, William McKinley – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1980
Data from 45 men and 46 women explored early adolescence satisfaction, high school satisfaction and physical attractiveness, and social mobility and satisfaction. Subjects rated high on the use of denial reported higher levels of retrospective life satisfaction. (Author/NRB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adults, Attitudes, Denial (Psychology)