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Bauer, Jack J.; McAdams, Dan P. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
We examine (a) the normative course of eudaimonic well-being in emerging adulthood and (b) whether people's narratives of major life goals might prospectively predict eudaimonic growth 3 years later. We define eudaimonic growth as longitudinal increases in eudaimonic well-being, which we define as the combination of psychosocial maturity and…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Maturity (Individuals), Well Being, Self Concept
Riegel, Klaus F.; Riegel, Ruth M. – 1971
Inadequacies in most life-span developmental studies are emphasized. A typical cross-sectional comparison of a sample of older adults' performances on a battery of measures revealed that non-surviving subjects and those who refused to be retested 5 and 10 years later scored consistently below retestees. These results point to a heterogeneity in…
Descriptors: Age, Age Differences, Age Groups, Developmental Psychology
Elkind, David – 1994
Employing a child-centered approach to the growth and development of children from birth to age 16, this book describes in detail the personal, social, and intellectual development of children as they progress from infancy through adolescence. It contains anecdotes and examples that capture the unique qualities of each age and stage of child…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Stages
Ball, Rachel S. – 1971
The present report is the fourth of a series concerned with mental functioning and its development in early childhood. The study attempted to discover whether the same children tested at intervals of one or more years showed similar development in thinking ability from age to age. Longitudinal test protocols were obtained for 92 children at 3…
Descriptors: Ability, Age Differences, Aptitude, Convergent Thinking