Selected Recent Publications: Adult Development
Cate, R., & John, O.P. (2007). Testing models of the structure and development of future time perspective; Maintaining a focus on opportunities in middle age. Psychology and Aging, 22, 186-201.
Pals, J.L. (2006). Narrative identity processing of difficult life experiences: Pathways of personality development and positive self-transformation in adulthood. Journal of Personality, 74, 1079-1109.
Helson, R., Soto, C.J., & Cate, R.A. (2006). From young adulthood through the middle ages. In D.K. Mroczek & T. Little (Eds.), Handbook of personality development (337-352). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Helson, R., & Cate, R.A. (2006). Late middle Age: Transition to the Third Age. In J.B. James & P. Wink (Eds.), The crown of life: dynamics of the early post-retirement period (83-101). New York: Springer.
Paris, R. & Helson, R. (2002). Early mothering experience and personality change. Journal of Family Psychology, 16, 172-185.
Stewart, A.J., Ostrove, J., & Helson, R. (2001). Middle aging in women: Patterns of personality change from the 30s to the 50s. Journal of Adult Development, 8, 23-27.
Helson, R., & Srivastava, S. (2001). Three paths of adult development: Conservers, Seekers, and Achievers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 80, 995-1010.