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The decades of life : a guide to human development

In groundbreaking fashion Donald Capps builds on Erik Erikson's work on the eight stages of life by focusing on the decades of life. This important modification allows developmental theory to be applied to the way people discuss life stages--in ten-year periods. Capps integrates the insights of psychology with those of pastoral care to show...
Print Book, English, ©2008
Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, ©2008
xxvi, 228 pages ; 23 cm
9780664232412, 0664232418
191763246
pt. 1. The pre-adult decades. The first decade : The hopeful self
The second decade : The willing self
pt. 2. The younger adult decades. The third decade : The purposeful self
The fourth decade : The competent self
pt. 3. The middle adult decades. The fifth decade : The faithful self
The sixth decade : The loving self
The seventh decade : The caring self
pt. 4. The older adult decades. The eighth decade : The wise self
The ninth decade : The graceful self
The tenth decade : The enduring self
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