| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xxiii, 280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series |
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Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series |
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Jossey-Bass social and behavioral science series.
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Jossey-Bass higher and adult education series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-265) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part 1: The emerging adult -- The adult dilemma -- Finding fulfillment in cyclical lives -- Table 1. Linear and cyclical views, 64 -- Part 2: The cycle of change: life structures and transitions -- The pattern of change -- Map 1. The cycle of change, 53 -- From dreaming to restructuring -- From disengaging to cocooning -- From self-renewal to new beginnings -- Part 3: The life cycle -- Meaning and mission across the life cycle -- Table 2. Decade orientations in the life cycle, 132 -- Map 2. The adult life cycle, 134 -- The twenties and thirties: breaking out, staking out, and making it -- The forties and fifties: taking charge and enjoying life -- The sixties and seventies: starting over and coming to terms -- Getting from here to there: six principles of life-cycle change -- Table 3. Historical values, 188 -- Part 4: Adults and global change -- Valuing the global context -- The self-renewing adult, the self-renewing society -- Epilogue: a new profession of adult mentors. |
| Subject |
Adulthood.
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Adulthood -- Psychological aspects.
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Life cycle, Human -- Social aspects.
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Life cycle, Human -- Psychological aspects.
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Self-actualization (Psychology)
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Adult -- psychology.
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Life Change Events.
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Self Concept.
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| ISBN |
1555423655 alkaline paper |
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