HDFS 1070 Lecture 27: Later Adulthood- Psychosocial Issues
30 Nov 2016
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Each stage has age and stage specific sources of anxiety that create this psychosocial crisis in an individual. Developmental demands create source of anxiety that must be coped with. Coping method and effectiveness determines the result of this crisis. Whether or not you life has had meaning or not. Integrity ability to accept the facts of one"s life and face death without great fear if you felt like your life had meaning you would get to this point. Doesn"t mean you haven"t been perfect or you haven"t failed from time to time. Middle adulthood generativity vs stagnation builds the foundation for this stage if you were able to be generative then you will be able to reflect on this during later adulthood vs. Despair overwhelming feelings of regret, incompetence, disappointment with one"s life. Feeling like you haven"t done anything that was important. Regret about quality of relationships with the people that you care about.
