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Statistical and conceptual models of ‘turning points’ in developmental processes

Pickles, Andrew, Rutter, Michael·1991·Problems and Methods in Longitudinal Research
DOI 10.1017/cbo9780511663260.009
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INTRODUCTION During recent years there has been a growing interest in what have been termed transitions or ‘turning points’ in a person's development or life course (see, e.g., Elder, Caspi & Burton, 1988; Hareven, 1978; Maughan & Champion, in press; Rutter, 1989). The focus is on two main types of everyday events or happenings that bring about a potential for long-term psychological change. First, there are those in which the potential stems from an opening up or closing down of opportunities. Going to university and dropping out of school respectively provide obvious examples. Secondly, there are those that involve a radical lasting change in life circumstances. Such changes may come about as a result of key additions or subtractions from a person's nexus of intimate family relationships (as with marriage or divorce), or from alterations in life pattern (as from the transition to parenthood or being made redundant in midlife), or from a major social change stemming from a geographical move (as with immigration to a different country or a move from a metropolis to a rural village). The general concept is easy to understand and the operational definition of potential turning points is also straightforward, with the proviso that it is necessary to consider whether the events actually changed opportunities or life circumstances in the individual case. Thus, marriage may, but need not, involve a major change in social network, pattern of relationships or way of life.

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  • Life events have lasting effects on personality traits because they can modify, interrupt, or redirect life trajectories by altering individuals' feelings, thoughts, and behavior.

    “Such theories propose that life events have lasting effects on personality traits because they can modify, interrupt, or redirect life trajectories by altering individuals' feelings, thoughts, and behavior”

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Authors
Pickles, A., & Rutter, M.
ORCID
Venue
Problems and Methods in Longitudinal Research
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Published
1991-12-12
Pages
133-165
DOI
10.1017/cbo9780511663260.009
OpenAlex
W2478434778
Cited by
80
References
0
Citations by year
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33.59
Type
book chapter
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.cambridge.org/core/terms (unspecified, 6711 d)
Locations
Cambridge University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Identity, Memory, and Therapy
  • Social Sciences › Demography › Family Dynamics and Relationships
Keywords
turning points, life course transitions, developmental changes, living conditions, opportunity, family relationships, marriage and divorce, parenthood, social change, immigration

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