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Psychosocial development and life experiences in adulthood
— a 22-year sequential study | | Author(s) | Karen-Jo Van Manen, Susan Krauss Whitbourne |
| Journal title | Psychology and Aging, vol 12, no 2, June 1997 |
| Pages | pp 239-246 |
| Keywords | Personality ; Life satisfaction ; Economic status [elderly] ; Educational status [elderly] ; Mathematical models ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In this study, a model was tested postulating reciprocal relationships between psychosocial development and life experiences in adulthood. A sequential design compared 99 college alumni who were age 20 in 1966, age 31 in 1977, and 42 in 1988 (Cohort 1) with 83 college alumni who were 20 in 1977 and 31 in 1988 (Cohort 2). Path analysis testing specific hypotheses provided partial support for the reciprocal model. For Cohort 1 men, lower socioeconomic levels at age 31 were associated with higher industry vs. inferiority scores at age 42. Cohort 1 women with higher identity scores at age 31 predicted full-time homemaker status by age 42. The findings from 20 to 31 years were more consistent for Cohort 2: college psychosocial scores were predictive of greater success and commitment in occupation and family life. Differences between the cohorts were interpreted in terms of sociohistorical factors, such as differential socialisation and peculiarities of the period when at college. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971120253 A |
| Classmark | DK: F:5HH: F:W: F:V: 3LM: 3J: 7T |
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