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This Introduction summarizes the rationale for three Special Issues in the Journal of Adult Development. The first, the present Special Issue, is on the themes of complex thought and the construction of identity. Summaries of the six empirical and theoretical articles in this first Special Issue appear below. The argument is made that work in this area adds to our knowledge about the complex network of factors present in and intersecting with adult development.
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Hoare, C. (2009). Models of adult development in Bronfenbrenner’s bioecological theory and Erikson’s biopsychosocial life stage theory: Moving to a more complex three model view. In M. C. Smith & N. DeFrates-Densch (Eds.), Handbook of research on adult learning and development (pp. 68–102). New York: Routledge.
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Sinnott, J. Introduction to This Special Issue: Complex Thought and Construction of Identity. J Adult Dev 16, 129–130 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10804-009-9061-3
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