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Ahammer, Inge M. – 1977
This paper proposes a model, with experience as the key concept, which focuses on the continuity of changes throughout adulthood. It assumes that as people move through time, they continually make experiences, the quantity, range and content of which may vary across individuals. A distinction is suggested between the process of "making…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Age Differences, Attitude Change

Heath, Douglas – Journal of Experiential Education, 1978
The article distinguishes between the dimensions of maturity and educational techniques, challenging that concentration on technique at the expense of a clear conception of purpose may lead to ineffectiveness. (Author/NQ)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adults, Behavior Development

Heffernan, James M. – Educational Gerontology, 1979
This paper outlines a sequence of age-related developmental stages of the adult years, with a special emphasis on the preretirement period. Age-related life stages are discussed in the context of organizational behavior, the person-organization relationship, and the disengagement processes of retirement. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Employer Employee Relationship, Individual Development
Blacher, Jan – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2001
This article proposes a conceptual model concerning mental retardation and family well-being during the transition from late adolescence into young adulthood. It suggests that success in residential, vocational, and social realms will influence family well-being directly, while individual characteristics, environment and culture, and family…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Adult Development
Caffarella, Rosemary S. – 1988
Integrating one's career as an adult educator with the other parts of one's life is not an easy task for many adult educators. One reason for the difficulty is that there are many facets to this integration process: time, emotionality, conflict, complexity, change, and situational factors. Individuals need to decide what faces or roles are…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Bank, Lew; And Others – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
This study investigated sibling interaction patterns in middle childhood as predictors of adjustment outcomes in males during adolescence and early adulthood using a social interactional perspective. It was theorized that negative interaction during middle childhood with siblings and parents would be the most powerful predictor of adjustment in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adult Development, Antisocial Behavior
Lowther, Malcolm A. – 1977
Substantial evidence exists in both popular and professional literature which suggests that some adults, male and female, will experience what has been variously labeled as a "mid-life crisis" or "mid-life depression." Research provides evidence that the lifespan can be conceptualized as a series of transitions from one status or situation to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adults, Developmental Stages
Jones, Franklin Ross – 1980
The long-held belief that a person became an adult at about 20 years of age and, henceforth, remained psychologically and physically on a plateau until old age, has recently been found unacceptable in the light of research contributed by developmental psychology. Adult development may be viewed as the function of the interaction of the…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adult Development, Adults

Peterson, Candida C. – International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 1996
Two studies regarding beliefs about descriptive and prescriptive age norms for adults in developmental transitions were examined in a sample of 214 Australian university students ages 17 to 50. Discusses research methodology. The probable consequences for self-esteem, mental health, and life planning are discussed in the context of the research…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adults, Age
Dunning, Carole Sue – 1998
This paper reviews the literature on the ongoing effects of attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in adults. It notes that 66 percent of individuals diagnosed with ADD or ADHD as children continue to experience one or more symptoms as adults, most commonly restlessness, distractibility, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adults, Attention Deficit Disorders
Hinkley, Nancy E. – 1976
Literature on sexuality and aging and Maslow's hierarchy of needs (which include physiological needs, safety and security needs, belongingness needs, esteem needs, and the need for self-actualization) are used in this paper to identify at each level the needs of the aging individual as they derive from his sexuality in order to provide a…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Educators
Alfred, Mary V. – 2002
The learning and development experiences of English-speaking Caribbean immigrant women in the United States were examined in a transcultural study. A heuristic phenomenological approach was used to explore how a sample of 15 Anglophone women from the British Caribbean islands who had immigrated to the midwestern, southwestern, and eastern United…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Learning, Cognitive Structures
Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville. Dept. of Vocational Education. – 1981
This curriculum guide, which is a product of an Arkansas project to develop employability services for displaced homemakers and others, is organized in a module format. The first section of the guide contains suggestions for teachers in organizing classes. An introduction to using the module format is given in that section with a topic outline of…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Vocational Education
Niles, Spencer G.; Herr, Edwin L.; Hartung, Paul J. – 2001
The evolving role of work in society and the factors driving emerging trends in work were examined to assist career development practitioners in helping individuals deal with life-role balance. Donald Super's life-space theory was presented as a framework for adult career development and used as a backdrop for discussing how adults can crystallize…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Career Counseling, Career Development