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Social & Emotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Social & Emotional Development in Middle Adulthood

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Social & Emotional Development in Middle

Adulthood

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Balancing Work and Family

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Erikson’s Theory & Midlife

• Generativity vs Stagnation

• Commitment expands beyond self (identity) and partner (intimacy) to larger group

• Gen- everything that can outlive the self and ensure improvement

• Stag- unable to contribute b/c of self-centeredness and self-indulgence

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Levinson’s Seasons of Life

• Midlife Transition– ~40 yrs success evaluation, precious

remaining years– Advancement & Growth at work?– For some, inner pressure to change life path

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Levinson’s Seasons of Life:Modifying ones life structure

(Gender Differences & Similarities)

• Acceptance with age & creating youth-age balance– Physical changes, illness, aging parents– Due to double standard of aging, women find it

harder to accept

• Confront own mortality and increase awareness of others’ destructive behavior

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Levinson’s Seasons of Life:Modifying ones life structure

(Gender Differences & Similarities)• Reconciling feminine & masculine parts

of self– Men: more accepting of “feminine” traits

such as nurturance & caring– Women: more open to “masculine” traits of

autonomy, dominance, & assertiveness

• Will this be true when you’re in middle adulthood?

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Is there a MIDLIFE CRISIS?

• What is it?

• "I'm looking forward to pursuing the career I always wanted,“

• "I'm tired of just working on other people's visions, rather than my own, even if I have to start on a smaller scale."

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Is there a MIDLIFE CRISIS?

• Intense self-doubt lead to drastic changes in personal life and career

• 70-80% vs. 10%• Most don’t experience it, though wide

differences in response to midlife• Sudden changes to outsiders may not truly be

“sudden”• For many-sense of confidence &

accomplishment

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Divorce

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