Middle and Late Adult YearsTHE MIDDLE STAGE of life commcuces when a person attains his peak in performing most obligations and activities in which he is participating. It implies completion of the upward development as well as an increase in the forthflowing integration among motivational tendencies, abilities, and skills. Most types of education and tiaining are finished before one enters this stage. Moreover, vocational, marital, and other experiences are accumulated, and the pattem of life is largely set. In accordance with the present-day pattem of experience, it is estimated that women enter this phase of lffe at the completion of thirty years of lffe, while men follow suit at thirty-five. The middle period of life encompasses approximately fifteen of the most productive years of life. It gradually shades into the phase of late adulthood when declines are not fully compensated by a continual growth of diverse human potentialities. Because such decUnes are relatively gradual and do not normally impair the functioning of the individual to a great extent, both the middle years and those prior to old age wUl be considered in this chapter.During the middle adult years, most individuals progress in extensive self-realization in vocational, marital, civic, and socioeconomic areas of living. Consolidation of previous gains also occurs at this stage. The intensity of experiencing life declines as compared to the adolescent and early adult stages of development. Since one's children are becoming adults, marrying, and moving away, responsibiUties associated with chUd and adolescent guidance and education decline and, perhaps, terminate. With the increase of life expectancy, some extension of the middle-age span is observed. This extension and shorter working hours offer increased opportunity for seff-chosen activities and personality growth.

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