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Download full textBedford, Victoria H. – 1986
The quality and stability of sibling relationships during adulthood were assessed by comparing Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) themes of sibling affiliation, conflict, and separation at the periods of active child-rearing (CP) and the empty nest (EN). Thirty men and 30 women, equally divided between the two life stages, were randomly selected…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Affiliation Need, Age Differences
Peer reviewedMansfield, Elizabeth D.; McAdams, Dan P. – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1996
Examines differences between 70 more- and less-generative adults through a new coding system for analyzing themes of agency and communion in significant life-story scenes. The study revealed that highly generative adults express greater levels of the communion themes of dialog and care/help and greater levels of agency/communion integration. (LSR)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Family Relationship, Individual Power, Life Events
