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Kuh, George D.; Thomas, Marilyn L. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1983
Examined whether graduate students (N=40) experienced developmental transitions similar to those suggested in adult development theories by using a structured interview protocol to collect data on developmental tasks. Findings indicated that the developmental transitions reflected in a composite developmental framework were applicable to graduate…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Developmental Stages
Dreilinger, Douglas H.; Kurtz, Theodore S. – Journal of Family Counseling, 1976
Based on work with university students and on the psychoanalytic literature on Separation-Individuation it is hypothesized that for certain students the university milieu becomes a surrogate family. Graduation is a trauma-ridden experience akin to expulsion from one's family and is often accompanied by regressive behavior and clinical depression.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Behavior Patterns, College Graduates, Crisis Intervention
Download full textSmith, Jeanne W.; Regan, Mary – 1978
Reassessment for reentry has become a popular concept on college campuses as more nontraditional students return to college. A reassessment series, offered at the University of California-Davis from 1973-1977, was evaluated in a one-year follow-up study of the life changes for 234 female and 12 male participants. Data indicated that life change…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Behavior Patterns, Feedback, Goal Orientation
