Welcome!
The Mills Longitudinal Study is a 50-year investigation of adult development that has followed a group of women since they graduated from Mills College. We are currently engaged in our fifth follow-up assessment with the women, who are now around age 70.
The study began as the first-ever psychological study of women's leadership and creativity, and has expanded to include such diverse topics as personality types, personality change and development, work and retirement, relationships, health, social and political attitudes, emotional expression and regulation, and wisdom.
The Mills Study has produced over 100 scholarly publications.
The Mills Project is housed in the Institute of Personality and Social Research (IPSR) at the University of California, Berkeley. We are currently supported by grants from the Retirement Research Foundation and the Metanexus Foundation.
Recent Events
- "Aging Well in Adverse Situations" -- Invited Address, APA 2007 Convention, Ravenna Helson
- "Once the Kids Are Away, Will the Parents Play? Contextualizing Increases in Marital Satisfaction in Middle Age" -- SPSP symposium, 2008, Sara Gorchoff
