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The Relationship Between Psychological Development Issues and Anticipated Self-Disclosure.
Brown, Michael T.; Helms, Janet E. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1986
Investigated the impact of developmental concerns on 140 college students' self-disclosure using an instrument based on Erikson's psychosocial theory of development. Results indicated two developmental issues were found to be significant predictors of willingness to disclose problems to fathers and to same- and opposite-sex friends. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Developmental Tasks, Higher Education
Five Propositions about Adult Development.
Schlossberg, Nancy K. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1978
The growing adult population in higher education highlights the need for student personnel workers to study adult development. The five propositions set forth here are intended to serve as a knowledge base for student personnel workers as they face their new clients. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Developmental Tasks, Higher Education
The Student Developmental Task Inventory: Scores of Northern versus Southern Students.
Itzkowitz, Stuart G; Petrie, R. Donna – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1986
A comparison of scores for northern Black students from urban environments and published scores for southern students on the Student Developmental Task Inventory reached significance on several subtasks. (Author)
Descriptors: Blacks, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Tasks
The Relationship between Developmental Tasks and Academic Success among High Risk Freshmen.
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Dwinell, Patricia L.; Higbee, Jeanne L. – College Student Affairs Journal, 1991
Examined relationship between developmental tasks and academic achievement among first-term college freshmen (n=83) enrolled in program for students at risk. Results support limited relationship between growth on developmental tasks of young adulthood and academic performance of university freshmen. Sex differences also were found on predictors of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescent Development, College Freshmen, Developmental Tasks
Athletic Participation: Its Relationship to Student Development.
Sowa, Claudia J.; Gressard, Charles F. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1983
Explored the relationship between participation in varsity athletics and the achievement of developmental tasks. Athletes (N=48) and nonathletes (N=43) took the Student Developmental Task Inventory, in which differences were found (i.e., educational plans, career plans, and mature relationships with peers). Athletes scored significantly lower than…
Descriptors: Athletics, College Students, Comparative Testing, Developmental Tasks
Autonomy Development of Traditional-Aged Students: Themes and Processes.
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Mather, Peter C.; Winston, Roger B., Jr. – Journal of College Student Development, 1998
"Depth interviews" reveal the development of autonomy to be a complex process characterized by a network of interrelated life experiences in multiple domains. Relational, personal, and educational events influence the pace and direction of developing autonomy. Six themes emerging from the data are discussed and related to developmental theories…
Descriptors: College Seniors, Developmental Tasks, Higher Education, Individual Development
Sex Differences in Elaborative Strategies: A Developmental Analysis.
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Waters, Harriet Salatas; Schreiber, Linda L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1991
Examined sex differences in eighth and tenth graders' and college students' use of elaboration in paired associate learning. Findings indicate that, as males and females became more proficient strategy users, sex differences diminished under more favorable task conditions that encouraged strategy use but remained constant under less favorable…
Descriptors: Age Differences, College Students, Developmental Tasks, Higher Education