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Big five factors of personality  Emotional stability, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness
Contemporary life-events approach  Influence on development of life events depends on events and other factors
Empty nest syndrome  Decrease in marital satisfaction after children leave home
Social clock  Timetable according to which individuals are expected to accomplish life's tasks







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