Pathways from Childhood to Adult Life*
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
- Vol. 30 (1) , 23-51
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7610.1989.tb00768.x
Abstract
Principles and concepts of development are reviewed in relation to life‐span issues noting the need to consider: development in its social context; timing of experiences; intrinsic and experiential factors; continuities and discontinuities; parallels and differences s between normal and abnormal development; heterotypic and homotypic continuities; key life transitions; risk and protective factors; indirect chain affects; mediating mechanisms; age as an index of maturational and experiential factors. Developmental findings from childhood to adult longitudinal studies arc reviewed for possible mediating factors. These include: genetic mechanisms; the(non‐genetic) biological substrate; shaping of the environment; cognitive and social skills: self‐esteem and self‐efficacy; habits, cognitive sins and coping styles: links between experiencesKeywords
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