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Adult Development

Adulthood is primarily a time of determining lifestyles and developing relationships. Among other things, most adults eventually leave their parents' home, develop a long-term romantic relationship, and start a family, creating a new home.

Research by sociologist Daniel Levinson determined the stages of adult development, as presented in Table 1 .

TABLE 1 Levinson's Stages of Adult Development

Age

Levinson's Stage

17–33

Novice phase of early adulthood

17–22

Early adult transition

22–28

Entering the adult world

28–33

Age-30 transition

33–45

Culmination of early adulthood

33–40

Settling down

40–45

Midlife transition

45–50

Entering middle adulthood

50–55

Age-50 transition

55–60

Culmination of middle adulthood

60–65

Late adult transition

65+

Late adulthood

These stages are generally accepted by researchers today in seeking to explain and evaluate adult development.

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