Personality development in highly educated women in the years eighteen to forty-five

Emily J. Serkin

pp. 152-176

in: Freedman (ed), Social change and personality, Berlin, Springer, 1987

Abstract

This study addressed personality development in the early adult years of women, specifically the development of women oriented to some degree to a career. Based on five open-ended interviews with each of twelve women Ph.D.'s, the study took an in-depth approach to the understanding of their life experience.