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Toward a broader conceptualization of development: The role of gains and losses across the life span

dc.contributor.authorUttal, David H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPerlmutter, Marionen_US
dc.date.accessioned2006-04-07T20:47:38Z
dc.date.available2006-04-07T20:47:38Z
dc.date.issued1989-06en_US
dc.identifier.citationUttal, David H., Perlmutter, Marion (1989/06)."Toward a broader conceptualization of development: The role of gains and losses across the life span." Developmental Review 9(2): 101-132. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/27897>en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WDH-4D5XD2N-33/2/1401e9dc183cdc8c3906cc87dcdd8598en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/27897
dc.description.abstractDevelopmental psychologists traditionally have conceived of childhood primarily as a time of positive change, or gain, and old age primarily as a time of negative change, or loss. Life-span developmental psychologists recently have challenged these assumptions, asserting that gains and losses are ubiquitous across the life span. While generally supporting this assertion, we suggest that the relation between developmental gains and losses needs to be considered in more depth. Even life-span developmentalists seem to have assumed that gains and losses are causally related, and that the direction of causality is determined by age. In this paper, we review previous considerations of gains and losses. Then, we show that losses during early life are not necessarily responses to gains, and that gains during later life are not necessarily responses to losses. Finally we suggest criteria and methods for assessing four alternative models (unrelated phenomenon, spurious phenomenon, suppression, and compensation) relevant to the causality and directionality of the relation between developmental gains and losses.en_US
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dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.titleToward a broader conceptualization of development: The role of gains and losses across the life spanen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollowen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Worken_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelPsychologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, USAen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumDepartment of Psychology, University of Michigan, USAen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/27897/1/0000317.pdfen_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0273-2297(89)90025-7en_US
dc.identifier.sourceDevelopmental Reviewen_US
dc.owningcollnameInterdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed


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