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Kummerow, Jean M.; Hummel, Thomas J. – Measurement and Evaluation in Guidance, 1980
Determined nonbiological characteristics that discriminated between age groups and hypothesized life stages for these groups (provisional adulthood, age 30 transition, and settling down). Life stages do not fit completely but were of some use in describing the age groups, particularly provisional adulthood and settling down. (Author/BEF)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Developmental Stages
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Abra, Jock – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1989
Examines a variety of personal qualities usually found in creative people. Discusses many theories of creativity representing a variety of intellectual traditions, most of which predict aging decrements of some sort. Suggests that the creativity decline may vary, or that creativity may change rather than decline with age, with differing stylistic…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals), Creative Development
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Kaas, Merrie Jean – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1981
Focuses on the relationship between social environment and the older individual. By utilizing the Social Breakdown Syndrome a cycle of events is defined by the Geriatric Sexuality Breakdown Syndrome, in which an older individual is initially predisposed to diminished sexual activity to the end point of self-identification as nonsexual. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Attitude Change, Interpersonal Relationship
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Kobrin, Frances E. – Journal of Gerontology, 1981
Reports on the results of applying a multivariate regression model of living arrangement choices to census data on the 1970 U.S. population of nonmarried, nonparenting adults. The central finding was that no special role for the elderly in living arrangement choices existed. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Demography
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Lacy, William B.; Hendricks, Jon – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1980
Investigates the existence of age-related life stages and the presumed evolution of attitudes and perceptions in accordance with passages through these successive developmental plateaus. Age is minimally related to attitudes in these areas while social class, race and sex emerge as predictors. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Attitudes
Denney, Nancy W. – 1981
This paper presents a model of cognitive development across the life span that is designed to integrate the diverse empirical evidence in the area of cognitive development in childhood and adulthood. Relevant research is reviewed in the relationships between performance and age, and the effects of training on performance. A model is then proposed…
Descriptors: Ability, Adult Development, Age Differences, Aging (Individuals)