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Phillips, Susan D. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Examined a series of decisions made by 95 subjects over a period of 18 years. Results indicated that decisions made at earlier stages of development are more likely to be of an exploratory nature and decisions made at later stages are more likely to be of a terminal nature. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Behavior Patterns, Career Development
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Phillips, Susan D. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982
Examined the theoretically predicted adult career outcomes of individuals who engage in different developmental patterns of commitment to choice. Results indicated minimal support for the hypothesis that those who engage in increasing commitment and who do not revert to earlier behaviors would experience the most desirable outcomes in adulthood.…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Behavior Patterns, Career Choice
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Fields, Charlotte; Kimmel, H. D. – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Younger men are both less engaged from the world and more efficient processors of information than older (especially less educated) ones. (Authors)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research
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Levinson, Daniel J.; And Others – Counseling Psychologist, 1976
This is a preliminary statement of a theory of psychosocial periods in the development of men from the end of adolescence to the middle 40s. The theory has emerged from a study of 40 men currently in the mid-life decade (age 35-45). The method was biographical. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Behavior Patterns, Biographical Inventories, Developmental Psychology
Bank, Lew; And Others – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
This study investigated sibling interaction patterns in middle childhood as predictors of adjustment outcomes in males during adolescence and early adulthood using a social interactional perspective. It was theorized that negative interaction during middle childhood with siblings and parents would be the most powerful predictor of adjustment in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adult Development, Antisocial Behavior