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DEVELOPMENTAL CRISIS [1 record]

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Record 1 1994-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

developmental crises: Transitional periods in personality development characterized by cognitive and affective upset. Common examples of these types of crises are birth, infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, and old age.

DEF

maturational crises: Potential crisis areas that occur during the periods of great social, physical, and psychological change ... social transitions such as birth, puberty, young adulthood, marriage ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
OBS

[...] (naissance, passage dramatique d'un enfant d'un niveau scolaire à un autre) [...]

Spanish

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