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Graham, Steve; Donaldson, Joe – 1996
The new American College Testing (ACT) College Outcomes Survey was used with a national sample of 9,348 undergraduate students to evaluate the effects of college on the personal and social self-concept of students. About one-third of the sample were over age 26. Outcomes for adult learners were compared with those of younger students. An "index of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Students, Comparative Analysis, Educational Experience
Green-Bailey, Patricia; McCluskey-Fawcett, Kathleen – 1991
This study examined the relationship of overall family conflict and stress to adult personality development in young adult college students from intact families, as compared to young adults who had experienced childhood parental divorce. Seventy-five students from divorced families and 78 students from intact families completed a screening…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Development, College Students, Comparative Analysis
Visot, Luis R.; Winston, Roger B. – Southern College Personnel Association Journal, 1982
Investigated similarities and differences in developmental task achievement between college students in the United States and Puerto Rico. Freshmen and senior students in Puerto Rico and the United States were administered the Student Developmental Task Inventory. Results suggested that developmental growth patterns are transcultural. (RC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, College Freshmen, College Seniors, College Students
Namir, Sheila – 1982
Stresses experienced by eight married couples when the husband is entering graduate school (Couples in Transition Project) were compared to stresses felt by eight couples who recently gave birth to their first child (Becoming a Family Project). Both projects were based at the University of California, Berkeley. In addition, eight couples who were…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Child Rearing, Children
Burgio, Maria R.; Tryanski, Mandy – 1988
Some research suggests that sources of social support change through the lifespan. Given that the support network changes because of both the individual's needs and the particular life stage of the individual, peer relationships may emerge as crucial sources of emotional support at different times in the lifespan. This study examined friend and…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Family Role
Gall, Linda A.; Vogel, Francis X. – 1981
The attitudes of faculty members of the College of Arts and Sciences at Northeastern Illinois University (UNI) were surveyed. The 85 respondents excluded faculty in administrative positions. A significant difference was found in faculty plans for retirement: 47 percent wished to live in the city; 24 percent in the suburbs, and 29 percent in the…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Aging (Individuals), College Faculty, Comparative Analysis
Braskamp, Larry A.; And Others – 1982
The way that 48 faculty at a major research university view their professional aspirations, achievement, and career conflicts between their professional activities and personal relationships was evaluated. In addition, a conceptual framework of faculty development using three professorial ranks as three qualitatively different stages of…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), Achievement Need, Adult Development, College Environment
2002
This symposium on adult learning and human resource development consists of three presentations. "Adult Learning Principles and Concepts in the Workplace: Implications for Training in HRD" (Margot B. Weinstein) reports on findings from interviews with restaurant employees who reported that training practices using adult learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students