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Peskin, Harvey; Livson, Norman – 1980
This paper presents the "uses of the past" model of personality development, a model in which adult development transforms an individual's history into resources for meeting present demands. The components of the model are delineated in terms of how: (1) neither the past nor the present is fixed in its effects or its contribution to present…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adult Learning, Aging (Individuals)
