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Life Span Personality Stability in Sibling Statuses.
Rosenberg, B. G. – 1981
Personality stability and change in sibling status in the one- and two-child-family are examined in this Study. Q-sort data were analyzed for the same 33 male and 34 female subjects during four periods of their lives-- early and late adolescence and early and middle adulthood. Results indicate that stability of personality was greatest during…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Birth Order, Females
Psychosocial Development During Adulthood: Age and Cohort Comparisons.
Whitbourne, Susan K.; Waterman, Alan S. – 1978
Ontogenetic personality changes during adulthood were evaluated using the Inventory of Psychosocial Development (IPD) to yield scores corresponding to the first six stages of Erikson's developmental theory. Of the 166 males and 161 females whose undergraduate data from 1966 were available, 76 males and 71 females returned usable data. Analyses of…
Descriptors: Adult Development, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences
Age Differences in Personality Across the Adult Life Span: Parallels in Five Cultures.
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McCrae, Robert R.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Administered translations of the Revised NEO Personality Inventory to adults in Germany, Italy, Portugal, Croatia, and South Korea. Found declines in neuroticism, extraversion and openness, and increases in agreeableness and conscientiousness age for both men and women. Results support hypothesis that age differences reflect universal maturational…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences
Changing Behavior and Outlook of Aging Men and Women: Implications for Marriage in the Middle and Later Years.
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Zube, Margaret – Family Relations, 1982
Reviews research on changes in personality, social involvement, and roles which occur in the latter half of life, with a particular focus upon the differing and often divergent directions that men and women take. Considers the significance of these changes both to the individual and to marital harmony. (Author)
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Behavior Change, Individual Development, Interpersonal Relationship
The Development of the Self-Concept during the Adolescent Years.
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Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1981
A three-year longitudinal study was conducted to measure two aspects of adolescents' self-concept development: continuity/discontinuity and stability/instability. Results indicated that adolescent self-concept results from continuous growth based on social circumstances and cognitive skills and competencies. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Elementary School Students
Function of Hero and Heroine in Women's Formula Fiction: A Gaining of Self through Separation, Identification, and Assimilation.
Moffitt, Mary Anne – 1986
Romance novels have become increasingly popular and sexually explicit, in part because women may gain a sense of self through reading them and perhaps in reaction to the patriarchal structure of society. Women may seek escape and a sense of self-identity through the novels'"larger-than-life" characters and predictable endings. Readers of…
Descriptors: Females, Identification (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Literary Criticism
Adolescent Coping: Theoretical and Research Perspectives. Adolescence and Society Series.
Frydenberg, Erica – 1997
Defining coping as the cognitive and behavioral strategies used to deal with the demands of everyday living, this book explores the research on how young people manage a range of life problems. Following an introduction discussing the particular aspects of adolescent coping behavior, motivation, and attitudes, the book is divided into eleven…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior