Concept information
Preferred term
adult development
Definition
- Sweeping demographic changes in Western societies over the past several decades have produced significant changes in the manner and timing in which young people make the transition to adulthood. The most notable change in the United States has been the rise in the median age of marriage from about 21 years for females and 23 for males, in 1970, to 25 and 27 for females and males, respectively, in 1996 (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1997). [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Adult Development, Definition, Culture, and Applications]
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- ADHD in adults
- aging and sensory impairment
- chronic disability in old age
- depression in later life
- ecology of mental health in later life
- family caregiving for elders
- late life adjustment to vision impairment and rehabilitation
- marriage and family therapy
- maternal depression
- old age
- social support in old age
- sociocontextual influences on intellectual disability in adulthood
- spiritual and religious coping in later life
- transition from special school to young adulthood
- transition in adulthood
- transition to college
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/adult_development
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