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The life course as developmental theory.
- G. Elder
- PsychologyChild development
- 1 February 1998
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The Emergence and Development of Life Course Theory
- G. Elder, M. Johnson, Robert Crosnoe
- History
- 2003
Today, the life course perspective is perhaps the pre-eminent theoretical orientation in the study of lives, but this has not always been the case. The life histories and future trajectories of…
Time, human agency, and social change: perspectives on the life course
- G. Elder
- Psychology
- 1 March 1994
The life course has emerged over the past 30 years as a major research paradigm. Distinctive themes include the relation between human lives and a changing society, the timing of lives, linked or…
A family process model of economic hardship and adjustment of early adolescent boys.
- R. Conger, K. Conger, G. Elder, F. Lorenz, R. Simons, L. Whitbeck
- PsychologyChild development
- 1 June 1992
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Linking economic hardship to marital quality and instability.
- R. Conger, G. Elder, Janet N. Melby
- Psychology
- 1 August 1990
Utilizing a sample of 76 white middle-class couples from a rural midwestern county in the US this study examines 2 central propositions: 1)the negative impact of economic hardship on a spouses…
Economic stress, coercive family process, and developmental problems of adolescents.
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Trajectories of Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms during Adolescence.
This 4-year longitudinal study of 191 girls and 185 boys living in intact Camilies in the rural Midwest examines the trajectories of life events and depressive symptoms in adolescence. The…
The Life Course and Human Development.
- G. Elder, M. Shanahan
- Psychology
- 1 June 2007
The life course paradigm has replaced child-based, growth-oriented (“ontogenetic”) accounts of the person with models that emphasize the timing, social context, and organization of lives from birth…
Children of the Great Depression: Social Change in Life Experience
- G. Elder
- Psychology, Economics
- 1 September 1999
Crisis And Adaptation: An Introduction * The Depression Experience * Adaptations to Economic Deprivation Coming Of Age In The Depression * Economic Deprivation and Family Status * Children in the…
Couple resilience to economic pressure.
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