Psychosocial development in adulthood
A 22-year sequential study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6205618 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Krauss Whitbourne (0000-0002-2767-0392, University of Massachusetts Amherst), Michael K Zuschlag, Lisa B Elliot, Alan S Waterman (0000-0001-7487-2459) |
| Year | 1992 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 260-271 |
| Publication date | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037//0022-3514.63.2.260 |
| PMID | 1403616 |
| OpenAlex | W1997854082 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 53 |
| References cited | 5 |
Data supporting the notion of adult personality stability are challenged by the present findings, in which developmental change was demonstrated using the Eriksonian-stage-based Inventory of Psychosocial Development (IPD; Constantinople, 1969). A sequential design over the ages 20-42 was used on 2 cohorts of college students and alumni originally tested in 1966 and 1976-1977 (ns in 1988 = 99 and 83, respectively), and a 3rd cohort of college students in 1988-1989 (n = 292). Results of longitudinal, cross-sectional, and sequential analyses challenged ideas about personality stability, with evidence of increasingly favorable resolutions of the early Eriksonian psychosocial stages up through the oldest age studied. There was evidence of a trend over the past decade toward less favorable resolution of ego integrity versus despair. The findings were interpreted in terms of developmental change processes during the adult years interacting with culturally based environmental effects on psychosocial development.
Adolescent development · Adult Development · Cohort · Developmental psychology · Erikson's stages of psychosocial development · Personality · Personality development · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Clinical Psychology · Ego Development and Educational Practices · Health and Well-being Studies · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Medicine · Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 33 |
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| Citations per year | 1,61 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2026 (34) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 50 |