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Developmental regulation before and after a developmental deadline
— the sample case of "biological clock" for childbearing | | Author(s) | Jutta Heckhausen, Carsten Wrosch, William Fleeson |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 16, no 3, September 2001 |
| Pages | pp 400-413 |
| Keywords | Women ; Children [offspring] ; Childless ; Biological ageing ; Life span. |
| Annotation | An action-phase model of developmental regulation proposes contrasting control orientations in those who are approaching a developmental deadline (e.g. menopause) versus those who have passed the deadline. Those in an urgency phase close to the deadline should be investing in goal pursuit, whereas those who have passed the deadline without attaining the goal should focus on goal disengagement and self-protection. In two studies, women at different ages and with or without children were compared with regard to various indicators of primary and secondary control striving for goal attainment versus goal disengagement and self-protection. Findings support the action-phase model of developmental regulation. Patterns of control striving congruent with participants' status as pre- versus post-deadline were associated with superior psychological well-being. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020111228 A |
| Classmark | SH: SS: SU: BH: BG6 |
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