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| Erikson's theory: Generativity |
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Reaching out to tohers in ways that give to and guid the next generation
Commitment extens beyond self
Typically realized through child rearing
Other family, work mentoring relationships also generative |
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| Erikson's Theory: Stagnation (4) |
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Place own comfort and security above challenge and sacrifice
Self-centered, self-indulgent, self-absorbed
Lack of involvment or concern with young people
Little interest in work productivity, self-improvement |
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| Midlife transition (40-45) |
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Sense of time runnign out in life
Evaluate early adulthood
Make drastic or small changes |
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| Levinson's four taks of middle adulthood |
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Young-old
Destruction-creation
masculinity-femininity
Engagement-separateness |
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| Levinson's four taks of middle adulthood: young-old |
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| Find new ways of being both young and old |
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| Levinson's four taks of middle adulthood: Destruction-creation |
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| Acknowledge past destructiveness, try to create products of value |
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| Levinson's four taks of middle adulthood: masculinity-femininity |
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| Balance masculine and feminine parts of self |
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| Levinson's four taks of middle adulthood: Engagement-separatness |
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| Balance involvement with external world and separatness from it |
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| Vaillant's view of midlife (2) |
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| Keepers of meaning, passing the torch becomes important |
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| wide individual differences |
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| midlife changes are developmetnal transitions or crises |
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Term
| midlife: Life events view |
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Definition
| Midlife changes simply adaptation to normal life events |
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Term
| midlife: stage or life events? |
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Definition
| Many reserachers suggest a combination of continuity and stagewise change |
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| Self-perceptions in midlife: increases in feelings of (3) |
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Definition
| self-acceptance, autonomy, environmental mastery |
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| Self-perceptions in midlife (3) |
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| more complex, integrated self-descriptions, increases in feelings, linked to increased well-being, happiness |
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| Psychological well-bing factors in midlife (8) |
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| Good health, excercise, sense of control, personal life investment, positive social relationships, good marriage, master of multiple roles |
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| Coping improvements in middle adulthood (6) |
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| Identifying positives, postponing action during evaluation, anticipation and planning, humor, integrating strengths and weaknesses, confidence-experience |
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| Gender identity in middle adulthood. men vs women |
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Definition
men: increase in feminie traits
women: increase in masculine traits |
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| Big five personality traits (5) |
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Definition
| Neuroticism, extroversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness |
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| Many people have ____ close relationships at midlife than any other period of life |
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Definition
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| Divorce in midlife: more likely among |
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Definition
| remarried, highly educated |
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Term
| Parenting in middle adulthood: letting go process (3) |
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Definition
Decline in parental authority
continued contact, support to children
adjusting to in-laws kinkeepers |
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| Promoting positive ties with adult children (5) |
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Definition
Positive communication
Avoid leftover childhood comments
accept changes in cultural values, practices
rest urge to 'fix' problems
be clear about own needs |
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Become gradpatrent average late 40s
Highly meaningful to most |
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raising grandhildren
coping with divorce of grandchildren' parents |
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| Meanings of gradparenthood (4) |
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Definition
valued elder
immortality through descendents
Reinvolvement with personal past
indulgence |
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| Middle-age children and their aging parents (4) |
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Definition
More likely than in past to have living parents
Reassess relationships with parents
proximity increases with age
children provide more help to parents |
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| caring for your parents and your own children |
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| Relieving caregiving stress (5) |
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Definition
Use effective coping strategies
seek social support
use community resources
get workplace help
work for helpful public policies |
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Term
| Siblings in middle adulthood |
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Definition
| Contact and support decline during middle adulthood |
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| Friendships in middle adulthood (4) |
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Gender trends continue
fewer friends; more selective
more complex ideas of freindship
invest more time, effort in friends |
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| Result of long-term job stress |
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Definition
| overload, common in helping professions |
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| Limits to career development in middle adulthood |
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Definition
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| Unemployment in middle adulthood |
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Middle age and older most affected by downsizing
More stressful than for young adults |
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| Ingredients in effective retirement planning (7) |
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Definition
| Finances, fitness, role adjustment, where to live, leisure activities, health insurance, legal affairs |
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