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Markunas, Patricia V. – 1978
The age-status system in adulthood was investigated, using a 58-item instrument which divided adulthood subjectively into three periods: normative expectations for various adulthood developmental tasks (marriage, parenthood, employment, retirement, etc.); the lower age constraints ("too young") for these behaviors. In addition, 22 items regarding…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adults, Age, Age Differences
Peer reviewedVaitenas, Rimantas; Weiner, Yoash – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
Young (N=38) and 2( older career changers in business-managerial occupations were compared to 45 young and 40 older vocationally stable controls with respect to several characteristics. Results showed career changers were characterized by high incongruity, emotional maladjustment, and fear of failure, and low differentiation and consistency of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Career Change
