Psychosocial Development From College Through Midlife: A 34-Year Sequential Study

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1328-1340

  Whitbourne, Susan Krauss ^a   Sneed, Joel R ^b,c,d   Sayer, Aline ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

adulthood; generativity; midlife; personality; psychosocial

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNIVERSITY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIALIZATION; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 70249134975     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016550     Document Type: Article

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