(Not in Adulthood
Handbook of Research on Adult Learning and Development
- Edited by M Cecil Smith, and Nancy DeFrates-Densch, Assistant Editor.
Published November 2008
The time is right for this comprehensive, state-of-the-art Handbook that analyzes, integrates, and summarizes theoretical advances and research findings on adult development and learning - a rapidly growing field reflecting demographic shifts toward an aging population in Western societies.…
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Adulthood
- By Evie Bentley.
Published January 2007
Adulthood is an accessible text which deals with the vital area of adult psychological development. It combines detailed accounts of the main theories and evidence on the psychology of adulthood with thorough discussion and commentary, presented in a concise and friendly form. The book's approach…
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The Baby Boomers Grow Up
Contemporary Perspectives on Midlife
- Edited by Susan Krauss Whitbourne, and Sherry L. Willis.
Published July 2006
The goal of this volume is to examine development in middle age from the perspective of baby boomers -- a unique cohort in the United States defined as those individuals born from 1946 to 1962. This is the largest cohort ever to enter middle age in Western society, and they currently represent…
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The Transition to Adulthood and Family Relations
An Intergenerational Approach
- By Eugenia Scabini, Elena Marta and Margherita Lanz.
- Series Edited by Sandy Jackson.
Published March 2006
This book explores the development of a new path of transition between adolescence and adulthood in recent generations. Whereas traditionally the transition into adulthood was marked by a clear and irreversible change in condition, we are now seeing a continuance in the role and…
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