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The structural stability of positive development across young adulthood: longitudinal findings from the Australian temperament project
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posted on 2017-10-01, 00:00 authored by M T Hawkins, Primrose LetcherPrimrose Letcher, M O Connor, Sharyn Elizabeth Bant, A Deery, A Sanson, John ToumbourouJohn Toumbourou, Craig OlssonCraig OlssonThe purpose of this study was to examine the structural stability of positive development across the 20s using data from one of Australia’s oldest population-based studies of social–emotional development. Positive development was indicated by civic action and engagement, trust and tolerance of others, trust in authorities and organizations, social competence, and life satisfaction. Results extend an earlier published model spanning 19–20 and 23–24 years by incorporating a new wave of data collected at 27–28 years. The age 27–28 latent model was gender invariant and a robust replication of our earlier model. Associations between the latent constructs in the mid- to late 20s were stronger than those in emerging adulthood. This work provides evidence of a cohesive higher order construct of positive development from late adolescence to the late 20s and has the potential to inform measurement of strength-based research and prevention programs in the emerging and young adult periods.
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Emerging adulthoodVolume
5Issue
5Pagination
322 - 336Publisher
SAGE PublicationsLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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2167-6968eISSN
2167-6984Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
2017, Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood and SAGE PublishingUsage metrics
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positive developmentyoung adulthoodstability and changedevelopmental psychologyintergenerationalSocial SciencesFamily StudiesPsychology, DevelopmentalPsychology, SocialPsychologyMENTAL-HEALTHMULTIPLE IMPUTATIONEMERGING ADULTHOODYOUTH DEVELOPMENTTEST STATISTICSMISSING DATAPSYCHOPATHOLOGYADOLESCENCETRANSITIONMODEL
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