{"product_id":"women-on-the-river-of-life-9780520299160","title":"Women on the River of Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCommenced in 1958 with 142 young women who were seniors at Mills College, the Mills Study has become the largest and longest longitudinal study of women's adult development, with assessments of these women in their twenties, forties, fifties, sixties, and seventies. Women on the River of Life synthesizes five decades of research to paint a picture of women's personality and development across the lifespan. The book explores questions of family, work, life-path, maturity, wisdom, creativity, attachment, and purpose in life, unfolding in the context of a rapidly changing historical period with far-reaching consequences for the kinds of lives women would envision for themselves. Helson and Mitchell breathe life into abstract theories and concepts with the real-life stories and voices of the study's participants. Woven throughout the book are the authors' reminiscences on the profound endeavor of sustaining a longitudinal study of women's lives through time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Introduction and Overview \u003cbr\u003e 1. How the Mills Study Came About\u003cbr\u003e 2. Transforming into a Study of Women’s Adult Development\u003cbr\u003e 3. Sustaining Fifty Years of the Mills Study\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Early Adulthood\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Roots of Creativity in Women\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Social Clock Projects\u003cbr\u003e 6. Marriage and Motherhood\u003cbr\u003e 7. Illustrating Two Developmental Theories\u003cbr\u003e 8. Loevinger’s Theory of Ego Development\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Major Influences\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Enormous Impact of Gender Expectations\u003cbr\u003e 10. The Sweep of History: Individualism, Gay Liberation, the Counterculture\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Astonishing Importance of Personality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Middle Age\u003cbr\u003e 12. The Social Clock in Middle Age \u003cbr\u003e 13. Ups and Downs in Middle Age\u003cbr\u003e 14. Whatever Happened to Creativity in Women?\u003cbr\u003e 15. Women’s Prime of Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Developmental Achievements\u003cbr\u003e 16. The Centrality of Attachment\u003cbr\u003e 17. Paths of Development: Three Conceptions of Positive Mental Health\u003cbr\u003e 18. Wisdom\u003cbr\u003e 19. Generativity and Individuation: Tasks of the Second Half of Life \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Part V. The Crown of Life\u003cbr\u003e 20. Answering Four Questions about Creative Personality \u003cbr\u003e 21. The Place of Purpose in Life in Women’s Positive Aging: Women with Low Purpose\u003cbr\u003e 22. The Place of Purpose in Life in Women’s Positive Aging: Women with High Purpose\u003cbr\u003e 23. Late Adulthood: The Third Age\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Complete Published Work of the Mills Study\u003cbr\u003e References \u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"University of California Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402907033943,"sku":"9780520299160","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780520299160.jpg?v=1730481819","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/women-on-the-river-of-life-9780520299160","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}