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Society for Research in Adult Development Series

Cerella, J., Hoyer, W., Rybash, J., & Commons, M. L., (Eds.). (1993).  Adult information processing:  Limits on loss.  San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Commons, M. L., Armon, C., Kohlberg, L., Richards, F. A., Grotzer, T. A., & Sinnott, J. D.  (Eds.).  (1990).  Adult Development: Vol. 2., Models and methods in the study of adolescent and adult thought. New York: Praeger.

Commons, M. L., Demick, J., Goldberg, C.  (1996).  Clinical approaches to adult development.  Norwood, NJ: Ablex.

Commons, M. L., Richards, F. A., & Armon, C.  (Eds.).  (1984).  Beyond formal operations:  Vol. 1. Late adolescent and adult cognitive development.  NY: Praeger.

Commons, M.  L., Sinnott, J. D., Richards, F. A., & Armon, C. (Eds.).  (1989).  Adult Development:  Vol. 1, Comparisons and Applications of Adolescent and Adult Developmental Models.  New York: Praeger.

Demick, J., &  Andreoletti, C.  (Eds.). (2003). Handbook of Adult Development. NY: Plenum/Klewer

Demick, J., Bursik, K., & DiBiase, R. M. (Eds.). (1993).  Parental development. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.

Demick, J., & Miller, P. M. (Eds.).  (1993).  Development in the Workplace. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Miller, M. E., & Cook-Greuter, S. R. (Eds.).  (1994).  Transcendence and mature thought in adulthood: the further reaches of adult development. Lanham, MD, USA: Rowman & Littlefield.

Miller, M. E., & Cook-Greuter, S. R. (Eds.). (1999).  Creativity, spirituality, and transcendence: Paths to integrity and wisdom in the mature self.  Stamford, CT: Ablex Publishing Corporation and Greenwood.

Miller, M. E. &, West, A. N. (Eds.).  (2000).  Spirituality, ethics and relationship in adulthood: Clinical and theoretical explorations.  International Universities Press and Charles C. Thomas.

Other books

Aiken, L. R.  (1998).  Human development in adulthood.  New York, NY:  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Alexander, C. N., Langer, E. J. (Eds.). (1990).  Higher stages of human development: Perspectives on adult growth.  New York, NY, USA: Oxford University Press

Anderson, D. Y., &  Hayes, C. L. (1966).  Gender, identity, and self-esteem: A new look at adult development.  New York , NY.  Springer Publications

Basseches, M. (1984).  Dialectical thinking and adult development.  Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
Cavanaugh, J. C., & Blanchard-Fields, F.  (2002).  Adult development and aging.  Stamford, CT:  Wadsworth: Thomson Learning.

Chawla, S., & Renesch, J.  (1995).  Learning organizations: Developing cultures for tomorrow's workplace.  New York, NY: Productivity Press

Colarusso, C. A., & Nemiroff, R. A.  (1981).  Adult development, a new dimension in psychodynamic theory and practice.  New York, NY:  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

Colby, A.., James, J. B., & Hart, D.  (Eds.).  (1998).  Competence and character through life.  Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.

Commons, M. L. (Ed.).  (2002).  Attaining a new stage [Special Issue].  Journal of Adult Development.

Fowler, J. W.  (1984, 1999).  Becoming adult, becoming Christian: Adult development and Christian faith. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
 
Goldberg, C.  (1992).  Understanding Shame  Northvale, NJ:  Jason Aronson, Inc.

Goldberg, C.  (1995).  Therapeutic partnership: Ethical concerns in psychotherapy.  Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson.

Goldberg, C.  (1996).  Speaking with the devil: Exploring senseless acts of evil.  New York: Penguin Books USA, Inc.

Hoare, C. H.  (2002).  Erikson on Development in Adulthood: New Insights from the Unpublished Papers. New York, NY:  Oxford University Press.

Irwin, R. R.  (2002).  Human development and the spiritual life: How consciousness grows toward transformation.  New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Press.

Josselson, R.  (1996).  Revising herself: The story of women's identity from college to midlife.  New York, Oxford University Press.

Kegan, R.  (1998).  In over our heads: The mental demands of modern life.  Cambridge, MA Harvard  University Press.

King, P. M., & Kitchener, K. S. (1994).  Developing reflective judgement: understanding and promoting intellectual growth and critical thinking in adolescents and adults. San Francisco (CA): Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Ryff, C. F., & Seltzer, M. M. (Eds.) (1996).  The parental experience in midlife (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Mental Health and Development) Chicago, Il University of Chicago

Liebert, E.  (2000).  Changing life patterns: adult development in spiritual direction.  St. Louis, MO:   Chalice Press.

Magolda, M. B. B. (1992).  Knowing and reasoning in college: Gender-related patterns in students' intellectual development.  San Francisco (CA): Jossey-Bass
Malatesta C.  Z. (Ed.). (1984).  Emotion in adult development.  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

McAdams, D. P., & de St. Aubin, E.  (Eds.) (1998) Generativity and adult development: How and why we care for the next generation.  Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association Press.

McAuliffe, G., & Eriksen, K.  (2002).  Teaching strategies for constructivist and developmental counselor education  Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey

Mentkowski, M. and Associates (2000). Learning that lasts: Integrating learning, development and performance in college and beyond. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

Mines, R. A., & Kitchener, K. S. (Eds.).  (1985).  Adult cognitive development.  New York: Praeger.

Nemiroff, R. A., & Colarusso, C. (1990).  New Dimensions in Adult Development  York: Basic Books.

Perry, W. G.  (1970/1998).  Forms of intellectual and ethical development in the college years: A scheme.   San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.       

Schaie, K. W. (Ed.).  (1983).  Longitudinal Studies of Adult Psychological Development.  New York: Guilford.
 
Sinnott, J. D. (Ed.). (1994).  Handbook of adult lifespan learning. New Haven, CT: Greenwood Press.

Sinnott, J. D. (Ed.).  (1998).  The development of logic in adulthood:  Postformal thought and its applications.  New York, NY: Plenum.

Sinnott, J. D., Cavanaugh, J. C.  (Eds.).  (1991).  Bridging paradigms: Positive development in adulthood and cognitive aging.  New York, NY: Praeger Publishers.

Sinnott, J. D. (Ed).  (1994).  Interdisciplinary handbook of adult lifespan learning.  Westport, CT, USA: Greenwood Press/Greenwood Publishing Group.

Sinnott, J. D., & Johnson, L. (Eds.). (1966).  Reinventing the university : A radical proposal for a problem-focused university.  Norwood, NJ: Ablex. 

Smith, M. C., & Pourchot, T. (Eds.). (1998).  Adult learning and development: Perspectives from educational psychology.  Mahwah, NJ,  Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. 

Smolak, L.  (1993).  Adult Development.  Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Stevens-Long, J., & Commons, M. L.  (1991).  Adult life:  Developmental processes.  Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Company.

Vaillant, G. E. (2003).  Aging well: Surprising guideposts to a happier life from the landmark Harvard study of adult development.  Boston:  Little Brown & Co. 

Wapner, S., & Demick, J. (Eds.).  (1991)  Field Dependence-Independence: Cognitive Style Across the Life Span.  Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Associates. 

West, R. L., & , Sinnott, J. D. (Eds.). (1992).  Everyday memory and aging: Current research and methodology.   New York: Springer Verlag.

Wilber, K.  (2000).  Collected Works, Vol 1 - 8. Boston: Shambhala.

Wilber, K., (2000).  Integral Psychology: Consciousness, Spirit, Psychology, Therapy.  Boston: Shambhala.

Young, G. D.  (1997).  Adult development, therapy, and culture: A postmodern synthesis.  New York.  Plenum.  

Young-Eisendrath, P., &  Miller, M. E. (Eds.). (2000).  The Psychology of Mature Spirituality, (2000)  Routledge Press and Taylor and Francis.

Journals

Journal of Adult Development.  Plenum Publishers (Kluwer Academic Publishers).



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