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Life-Span Development, 8/e
John W. Santrock, University of Texas - Dallas
Middle Adulthood
Socioemotional Development in Middle Adulthood

Chapter Outline

  1. PERSONALITY THEORIES AND DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE ADULTHOOD

      Adult Stage Theories

        Erikson’s Stage of Generativity Versus Stagnation

        Levinson’s Seasons of a Man’s Life

        How Pervasive Are Mid-Life Crises?

        Individual Variations

      Life-Events Approach

      Contexts

        Historical Contexts (Cohort Effects)

        Gender Contexts

        Cultural Contexts

  2. STABILITY AND CHANGE

      Longitudinal Studies

        Neugarten’s Kansas City Study

        Costa and McCrae’s Baltimore Study

        Berkeley Longitudinal Study

        Helson’s Mills College Study

      Conclusions

  3. CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS

      Love and Marriage at Midlife

        Affectionate Love

        Marriage and Divorce

      The Empty Nest and Its Refilling

      Parenting Conceptions

      Siblings and Friends

      Intergenerational Relationships









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