Does successful attainment of developmental tasks lead to happiness and success in later developmental tasks? A test of Havighurst's (1948) theses

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-52

  Seiffge Krenke, Inge ^a   Gelhaar, Tim ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Developmental tasks; Self esteem; Symptomatology

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 38549155069     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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