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Kokko, Katja; Pulkkinen, Lea; Mesiainen, Paivi – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2009
The timing of having one's first child, in relation to the timing of other transitions into adulthood and to social functioning, was investigated based on the Finnish Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development, conducted from age 8 (173 females and 196 males) to 42. Results showed that in women, relatively early (less than…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Employment Level, Mothers, Females
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Lewis, Gordon F. – Canadian Home Economics Journal, 1984
Presents a review of social trends having significance for women's gender roles, identifies potential implications of these trends for home economists, and makes observations about these implications for the personal lives of women who are home economists. (JOW)
Descriptors: Females, Individual Development, Professional Development, Sex Role
Campbell, Patricia B.; Katrin, Susan E. – 1979
Do women go through identifiable developmental stages? Can generalizable patterns of transition be found, and if so, do these patterns differ according to the age of the respondent? What are women's most difficult and most satisfying times of life? To provide some exploratory quantitative data on these questions, a sample of 120 women completed a…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitude Change, Career Choice, Developmental Stages
Harbeson, Gladys Evans – 1971
The second edition, as the previous edition, deals with evolutionary processes contributing to changing life patterns of American women; however, new portions relate to the acceleration of the trend. The new self-image of women cannot be understood if viewed as an isolated development but must be interpreted with a perspective view. Two…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Opportunities, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
White, Merry I.; Taniuchi, Lois K. – 1980
Because Japanese society has traditionally emphasized the group rather than the individual, less research has been done to understand how Japanese culture conceptualizes the individual and how that individual develops within the society. This paper focuses on the individual in Japanese society. Following an introduction (Section I), Section II…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Careers, Child Rearing, Cultural Differences
Hillman, Kylie J.; Marks, Gary N. – 2002
Four Australian cohorts (born in 1961, 1965, 1970 and 1975) were studied between 1980-2000. The life transitions study focused on these three traditional markers of adulthood: (1) moving out of the parental home; (2) establishing an intimate relationship; and (3) buying a home. Incidence of these transitions was analyzed in terms of their…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Adult Children, Attrition (Research Studies), Cohort Analysis