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This free course was written by Alun Morgan. It was first published in April 2020.

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Figure 14: Hopson, B. and Adams, J. (1976) ‘Towards an understanding of transition: defining some boundaries of transition dynamics’, in Adams, J., Hayes, H. and Hopson, B. (eds) Transition: Understanding and Managing Personal Change, Martin Robertson, London.

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