The Ages of Adulthood: A Question of Numbers.

Fry, Christine L.

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Publication Date: 1976

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The Ages of Adulthood: A Question of Numbers

Fry, Christine L.

Journal of Gerontology, 31, 2, 170-176, Mar 76

To examine the number of subjective age categories in the post-high school portion of the American lifecycle, adult respondents sorted cards describing people in terms of major life events and classified them according to age. A nonlinear decrease in the number of age distinctions occurred in the late portion of middle age (46-65 years). (Author)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Classification, Developmental Psychology, Human Development, Individual Differences, Older Adults, Research Projects

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