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Diehl, Manfred; Chui, Helena; Hay, Elizabeth L.; Lumley, Mark A.; Grühn, Daniel; Labouvie-Vief, Gisela – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study examined longitudinal changes in coping and defense mechanisms in an age- and gender-stratified sample of 392 European American adults. Nonlinear age-related changes were found for the coping mechanisms of sublimation and suppression and the defense mechanisms of intellectualization, doubt, displacement, and regression. The change…
Descriptors: Coping, Defense Mechanisms, Adults, Longitudinal Studies
Thomas, L. Eugene; DiGiulio, Robert C. – 1984
Although the literature links the presence of a confidant with successful adaptation to loss, and widowhood with a blurring of personal identity, the relationship between these two areas has seldom been explored. To examine the relationship between the presence of a confidant and adaptation in widowhood, 70 women from northeastern Connecticut who…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Coping, Emotional Adjustment, Females
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Walsh, Sophie; Shulman, Shmuel; Feldman, Benny; Maurer, Offer – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2005
This study examines the experience of emerging adult immigrants, a group simultaneously attempting to navigate the developmental period of exploration and experimentation of emerging adulthood, together with the need for re-organization of the self, following immigration. In this study, in-depth interviews were conducted, with 41 emerging adult…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Adults, Immigration, Developmental Tasks
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Meadow, Mary Jo, Ed. – Counseling and Values, 1982
Contains eight articles related to counseling women and change, including: (1) the impact of traditional values on counseling women, (2) problems of midlife women, (3) women's victimization, and (4) counseling women to be whole persons. Also focuses on women as housewives, working women, and religious women. (RC)
Descriptors: Adult Development, Coping, Counseling Techniques, Developmental Stages
Comfort, Helen Courtney – 1981
Midlife transition is a potentially problematic time for all women, but especially for those who are unmarried, relatively less well-educated, and who do not reside in urban areas. Some studies suggest that unmarried women have more difficulty in identity formation and acceptance of their role by society. Married women whose children are nearly…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Coping, Developmental Stages, Educational Attainment
Kastenbaum, Robert, Ed. – 1993
This encyclopedia contains 106 articles on adult development that were written by more than 75 specialists in such diverse fields as anthropology, communication, education, health sciences, history, and psychology. In a guide to related topics that is presented at the beginning of the encyclopedia, the 106 articles are grouped under the following…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences