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Midlife Crisis: Middle or Reality? Name: Course: Instructor: Date: Midlife crisis is indeed a reality. This stage is quite stressful to many as it is coupled with feelings of restlessness and discontent as a result of aging struggles, the realization of mortality, and the struggle to define the sense of purpose in life ADDIN CSL_CITATION { "citationItems" : , "container-title" : "Annual Review of Psychology", "id" : "ITEM-1", "issue" : "1", "issued" : { "date-parts" : ] }, "page" : "305-331", "title" : "Development in Midlife", "type" : "article-journal", "volume" : "55" }, "uris" : } ], "mendeley" : { "formattedCitation" : "(Lachman, 2004)", "plainTextFormattedCitation" : "(Lachman, 2004)", "previouslyFormattedCitation" : "(Lachman, 2004)" }, "properties" : { }, "schema" : "https://github.com/citation-style-language/schema/raw/master/csl-citation.json" }(Lachman, 2004). Psychologists define it as the most central period of an individual’s life spanning from the age of 40 to 65. It is during this period that people take up new jobs because of the need to reassess their professional position and make necessary socioeconomic changes while time is on their side. Psychologist Elliot Jaques came up with this term while trying to define the time when adults come to terms with their mortality as well as their remnant productive years ADDIN CSL_CITATION { "citationItems" : , "container-title" : "Annual Review of Psychology", "id" : "ITEM-1", "issue" : "1", "issued" : { "date-parts" : ] }, "page" : "305-331", "title" : "Development in Midlife", "type" : "article-journal", "volume" : "55" }, "uris" : } ], "mendeley" : { "formattedCitation" : "(Lachman, 2004)",
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