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ERIC Number: EJ543370
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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ISSN: ISSN-0012-1649
Goals for Solving Everyday Problems across the Life Span: Age and Gender Differences in the Salience of Interpersonal Concerns.
Strough, JoNell; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v32 n6 p1106-15 Nov 1996
Preadolescents, college students, middle-aged adults, and older adults described a problem and a goal for solving that problem. Interpersonal elements of problem descriptions and goals were coded. Interpersonal elements of problems were most salient for females and middle-aged adults. Subjects reported interpersonal goals when other people were viewed as central to the problem. (Author/BC)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Interpersonal Relationship, Middle Aged Adults, Older Adults, Preadolescents, Problem Solving, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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