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Alain Fritsch; Virginie Voltzenlogel; Christine Cuervo-Lombard – Developmental Psychology, 2024
Little research has examined changes in personal identity over different periods of adult development. The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to target these changes through the characterization of the main dimensions in self-defining memories (SDMs; thematic content, specificity, integrative meaning, tension, contamination/redemption,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Young Adults, Older Adults
Robinson, Oliver C.; Wright, Gordon R. T. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2013
The objective of the study was to gain data on the prevalence, types and perceived outcomes of crisis episodes in three age decades of adult life: 20-29, 30-39 and 40-49. A further aim was to explore the relationship between crisis occurrence and empathy. A retrospective-autobiographical survey instrument and an empathy questionnaire were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Young Adults, Experience

Cavanaugh, John C.; And Others – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1983
Examined age differences in memory in 12 younger and 12 older adults who kept diaries of memory failures and use of memory aids. Results suggested that older adults experience more memory failures and are more upset, but deal with this problem by increased use of memory aids. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Anxiety

Davis, Donald D.; Friedrich, Douglas D. – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1982
Assessed adults (N=88) on tasks operationally defining short-term memory structural limitations and process abilities. Although a number of minor chronological age-related differences were noted between monaural and dichotic word list performances, the findings indicated both structural capacity and organizational strategy deficiencies over…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
Hultsch, David F. – 1970
This paper discusses organizational processes and memory in general and organizational processes and adult age differences in memory in particular. The simplest analysis of memory is to divide the process into two parts: storage and retrieval. Studies show that the limitation of memory lies primarily in retrieval rather than storage. Organization…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Groups, Cues

Smith, M. Cecil; And Others – International Journal of Aging & Human Development, 1994
Examined age- and skill-related differences among adult Bingo players, aged 19 to 74, who had from less that 2 months to over 20 years of playing experience. Subjects completed psychometric, cognitive, and experimental measures. Found no age-related differences on psychometric or memory measures, suggesting that Bingo playing experience may have…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences
Adams, Cynthia – 1987
A study compared the way in which subjects belonging to four different age groups produced written recall and summary responses after being presented with a narrative story. A seventh-grade-level, 500-word story that contained 78 idea units was presented to two groups of adolescents (mean ages, 14.14 years and 17.55 years) and two groups of adults…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adults
Field, Dorothy – 1981
Only a longitudinal study, in which retrospective reports can be verified against data collected earlier, can determine what topics tend to be reported accurately and whether certain types of individuals are more likely to be accurate reporters. A representative group of adults (N=60) who became parents 50 years ago are now part of the oldest and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)
Glynn, Shawn M. – 1980
Explanations of age-related differences in adult memory usually assume two forms: processing deficits and structural deficits. Processing deficit explanations attribute recall differences to a failure of older adults to effectively use the processes of attention, organization, mediation (the use of such devices as visual images and verbal images…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adults
Whitbourne, Susan Krauss; Dannefer, W. Dale – 1981
Temporal orientation may be defined as a central aspect of identity that pertains to the individual's unique interpretation of the life course. As a component of identity, temporal orientation should be affected by social contextual variables. Temporal orientation was assessed in a random sample of 94 men and women aged 24-61 years. Respondents…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Cognitive Style
Thomas, Jeanne L. – 1992
This textbook is designed to introduce undergraduates to the scientific study of aging in adults. Among the topics covered in the book's 15 chapters are: approaches to the study of adult development and aging (research methodology and related issues, a life-span perspective, ethical issues); theories in the study of adult development (models of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences