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2. Psychosocial Development in Middle Adulthood Chapter Fifteen

3. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. I.Personality at Midlife: Normative-Crisis Models A.Classic Theories and Research 1.Carl Jung: Balancing the Personality 2.Erik Erikson: Generativity Versus Stagnation 3.Robert Peck: Four Adjustments of Middle Age 4.George Vaillant: Introspection and Transition 5.Daniel Levinson: Changing Life Structures

4. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. 1.Research on Erikson’s Theory B.Women’s Development 2.Levinson’s Study of Women 3.Ravenna Helson: The Mills Studies

5. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. 1.Are the Findings Generalizable? 2.How Healthy is the Male Model? 3.How Common is the Midlife Crisis? C.Evaluating Normative-Crisis Models

6. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. II.Personality at Midlife: Nonnormative Models Nonnormative Models A.Trait Research: Stability or Change? B.Views About Personality at Midlife C.Timing of Events: The Social Clock

7. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. III.Consensual Relationships A.Marriage and Divorce 1.U-Shaped Curve of Marital Satisfaction 2.Stresses 3.Reactions to Empty Nest

8. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. B.Homosexual Relationships C.Friendships

9. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. IV.Relationships with Maturing Children A.Adolescent Children: Issues for Parents B.When Children Leave: The Empty Nest C.Parenting Grown Children 1.When Children Stay or Return: The Revolving Door Syndrome2.How Parent’s Divorce Affects Grown Children IV.Relationships with Maturing Children A.Adolescent Children: Issues for Parents B.When Children Leave: The Empty Nest C.Parenting Grown Children 1.When Children Stay or Return: The Revolving Door Syndrome 2.How Parents’ Divorce Affects Grown Children

10. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. V.Other Kinship Ties A.Relationships with Aging Parents 1.Contact and Mutual Help 2.Becoming a Caregiver for Aging Parents 3.Strains and Rewards of Caregiving: The Sandwich Generation 4.Preventing Caregiver Burnout 5.Achieving Filial Maturity

11. Copyright © 1998 The McGraw-Hill Companies. All Rights Reserved. B.Relationships with Siblings C.Grandparenthood 1.The Grandparent’s Changing Role 2.Gender and Racial Differences 3.Grandparenting After Divorce and Remarriage 4.Raising Grandchildren