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Biographical Transitions From a Midlife Perspective

Perrig-Chiello, Pasqualina ; Perren, Sonja

In: Journal of Adult Development, 2005, vol. 12, no. 4, p. 169-181

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    Titre
    • Biographical Transitions From a Midlife Perspective
    Auteur
    • Perrig-Chiello, Pasqualina. Institute of Psychology, University of Berne, Switzerland
    • Perren, Sonja. Institute of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Journal of Adult Development, 2005, vol. 12, no. 4, p. 169-181. Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:314140
    Summary
    Recent advances in life-span developmental psychology suggest that individual lives can be characterized as a series of interrelated transitions. The question of when and how past transitions have been experienced and how they affect subsequent ageing may be critical to understanding midlife adjustment. The aim of this study is (a) to investigate timing and emotional valence of experienced normative and silent transitions of middle-aged persons, and (b) to discover the impact of past transitions on current well-being and on anticipation of old age. Analysis of interview data from 268 persons suggest a considerable stability in the basic structure of human biography, but also evidence for age group, gender, and personality differences in the subjective perception of the life-course, adjustment and future anticipation in middle age. Emotional valence of puberty and that of personality variables were found to be important predictors of actual psychological well-being and anticipation of old age