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A Cross-Sectional Study Using Self-Defining Memories to Explore Personal Identity throughout Adulthood
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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
Age Differences in Dreams. II: Distortion and Other Variables.
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Zepelin, Harold – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1981
Age-related change in manifest dream content was assessed in dreams recalled from REM sleep by (N=58) men aged (27-64), and in dreams recalled from sleep at home. Evidence indicated a small age-related decline in dream distortion and family-related content. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences, Aggression
The Course of Adult Intellectual Development.
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Schaie, K. Warner – American Psychologist, 1994
Summarizes the conduct and results of the Seattle Longitudinal Study, an investigation that has assessed mental abilities in more than 5,000 adults and has followed some for as long as 35 years. Integrative findings are presented on age changes, cohort differences, factor structure, individual differences, and interventions. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ability, Adult Development, Age Differences, Change