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Falchikov, Nancy – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1990
Investigated youthful ideas about old age by means of an analysis of drawings of young and old people by 10- and 11-year-old children (n=28). Pictures of old people were no more stereotyped than were those of young people. (Author/ABL)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Attitudes, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
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Bar-Yam, Miriam – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1991
Compared women's (n=40) and men's (n=20) levels of self-evolvement based on Kegan's Constructive-Developmental Theory. Findings from U.S. military personnel in Europe revealed no gender differences in self-evolvement. Results suggest stereotypically masculine orientation toward individuation and increased autonomy and stereotypically feminine…
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, Individual Development, Military Personnel
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Roebuck, Janet – International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 1983
Reviews ways in which women in western nations have coped with the problems of aging during the past century and responded positively to great social and personal changes. Studies of female aging may provide insights necessary to clarify our vision of the past and the future. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aging (Individuals), Females, Gerontology