Natural history of male psychological health: IX. Empirical evidence for Erikson's model of the life cycle

The authors examine Erikson's model of the life cycle by reviewing two 40-year prospective studies, one of 392 men from high-crime core-city neighborhoods and the other of 94 successful college students. The empirically defined developmental stage of each man at age 47 and many other facets of...

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