Thanatology 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Sandwich Generation, Homicide
2 Oct 2016
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The principal normative developmental tasks in young & middle adulthood are: young adults: to achieve intimacy versus the danger of isolation: successful resolution of this task results in the virtue of love. Middle adults: to maintain generativity vs the danger of stagnation or self-absorption: successful resolution of this task results in the virtue of production & care. 5 leading causes of death among young & middle adults: The relative significance of the leading causes of death shifts from human-induced deaths during the 25-34 year-old group to deaths from degenerative diseases during the 35-44 year- old group. Middle adulthood(45-64 yrs: cancer & heart disease accounted for a little over 54% of all deaths in this age group. Attitudes toward death among young & middle adults: A more stable self-understanding tends to diminish anxiety about one"s own death changing encounters with death influence general patterns of death-related attitudes.
