An Exploration of Complexity and Generativity as Explanations of Midlife Women's Graduate School Experiences and Reasons for Pursuit of a Graduate Degree

REFERENCES

• Bargar , R. R. and Mayo-Chamberlain , J. 1983 . Advisor and advisee issues in doctoral education. . Journal of Higher Education , 54 : 407 – 432 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Berg , B. L. 1995 . Qualitative research methods for the social sciences., , 2nd ed. Boston : Allyn and Bacon. .
   Google Scholar
• Berg , H. M. and Ferber , M. A. 1983 . Men and women graduate students. . Journal of Higher Education , 54 : 629 – 648 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Erikson , E. H. 1950 . Childhood and society. New York : W. W. Norton. .
   Google Scholar
• Erikson , E. H. 1968 . Identity: Youth and crisis. New York : W. W. Norton. .
   Google Scholar
• Girves , J. and Wemmerus , V. 1988 . Developing models of graduate student degree progress. . Journal of Higher Education , 59 : 163 – 189 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Hite , L. M. 1985 . Female doctoral students: Their perceptions and concerns. . Journal of College Student Personnel , 26 : 18 – 22 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kaplan , S. R. 1982 . A feminist Cinderella tale: Women over thirty in graduate and professional school. . Journal of the National Association of Women Deans and Counselors , 45 : 9 – 15 .
   Google Scholar
• McAdams , D. P. , Ruetzel , K. and Foley , J. M. 1986 . Complexity and generativity at mid-life: Relations among social motives, ego development and adults' plans for the future. . Journal of Personality and Social Psychology , 50 : 800 – 807 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Morgan , W. 1986 . “ Returning to school at midlife: Mature women with educational careers. ” . In Midlife women at work. Edited by: Shaw , L. Lexington, MA : D. C. Heath. .
   Google Scholar
• National Center for Education Statistics . Oct. 1993 . Digest of Education Statistics. Oct. , Washington, D.C. : U.S. Government Printing Office. .
   Google Scholar
• Neugarten , B. L. , ed. 1968 . Middle age and aging: A reader in social psychology. Chicago : University of Chicago Press. .
   Google Scholar
• Peterson , B. E. and Stewart , A. J. 1990 . Using personal and fictional documents to assess psychosocial development: A case study of Vera Brittain's generativity. . Psychology and Aging , 5 : 400 – 411 .
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ryff , C. D. and Migdal , S. 1984 . Intimacy and generativity: Self-perceived transitions. . Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society , 9 : 470 – 481 .
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Strauss , A. L. 1987 . Qualitative analysis for social scientists. New York : Cambridge University Press. .
   Google Scholar