I Discovered One Perspective By Talking With Mrs. Bonnie Yost

The area of greatest disagreement was the area of midlife crisis. “Levinson (1978) views midlife as a crisis, arguing that the middle-aged adult is suspended between the past and the future, trying to cope with this gap that threatens life’s continuity (Santrock, 2013 p. 512). This is particularly interesting because the female responded that she was experiencing a midlife crisis and the male did not. However, in this instance, the female is still in the workforce and the male is retired. The experiences that the female related closely resemble the conditions of the male during the time of Levinson’s study. In addition to still working, the female had recently changed her place of employment, and within the past five years lost both of her parents. While the male was retired and took care of the house and children, his stress level had been reduced as he became the primary care giver to this in-laws and their passing reduced his overall daily responsibilities. Both maintain close relationships with their siblings and frequently get together with them.

The journey through late adulthood can be experienced in different ways. One particular movie entitled “The Bucket List” exhibits an astounding portrayal of late adulthood. In fact, there are many accounts that the movie entails about late-adulthood. This includes the illustration of Erickson’s late adulthood stage – “Ego Integrity vs. Despair,” wisdom, marriage, friendship, parent-child relationship, and death and dying in late adulthood.

In modern society, many adolescent girls are becoming young adults under the pretenses of false selves. When dealing with issues such as divorce, sex and violence, drugs and violence, and mass media, girls are learning to create a false identity in order to live up to stereotypical standards of beauty, popularity, and success. The book Reviving Ophelia, by Mary Pipher, Ph.D., discusses the accounts of several different girl’s therapy sessions, conducted by Dr. Pipher, which deal with aggression, disorders, and insecurities that are causing mental, physical, or emotional issues within adolescent girls trying to overcome the systematic oppression placed upon them. Throughout the book, several different girls’ stories were relatable to my own personal experience of adolescents in relation to the unrealistic expectations that create social, physical, and mental issues for many adolescent girls. One of the main hardships I was able to relate to throughout the book that Pipher describes as creating depression for girls, is divorce (Pipher, Pg. 136).

Erik Erickson’s theory uses distinct critical crises that occur in one’s life that require an “ah hah” moment which leads to maturity. It is with this model I will now illustrate another perspective on spiritual formation through the life cycle. Erikson puts a clear emphasis on society's role in the development of n individual. Erikson advises that crises are never completely resolved and can re-emerge later in life, if left unresolve. I think that throughout ones spiritual journey we all have different things that we question, learn, discover and each of these changes in thinking all come from a moment that you decided that is your belief spiritually. Modeling Erikson’s stages of psychosocial development, the first stage is basic trust vs. mistrust. A spiritual leader, a church family, a version of your bible; these things are all things that you rely on to get to know your higher power. These things should align in most basic beliefs but when they contradict one another, a seeker of truth must ask himself- “What do I believe?” In the next stage of development, autonomy vs. shame are a crisis that occur when the thinking becomes strong and confident when the spiritual journey is welcoming, joyful and environmentally sound. In cases

Although most older adults in late adulthood are not working full-time in their careers, well-being is still linked to being productive, exercising skill and being confident of having meaning to one's life (Broderck & Blewitt, 2015). Just as generativity is important in young and middle adulthood, it still a value that is carried with individuals into late adulthood. Often times, this sense of purpose is linked to adults' values and spiritual beliefs.

During adolescence, popularity is a huge issue, and Tracy felt that it was necessary to be a part of Evie’s social group. She was driven to dress like her in order to grab her attention and successfully became apart of their clique. Cliques and crowds are stemmed from common interests and social statuses and it is usually more important for females to be apart of one around this age (Berk, 2014, p.332). In one scene, Tracy even goes out of her comfort zone to impress Evie and her friend by snatching a stranger’s wallet and exchanging that money between the three of them to go shopping (Hardwicke, Reed, Levy-Hinte, & London, 2001). Not only does Tracy get involved in robberies, she also experiments with drugs and sex. Based on empirical findings, teenagers who associate with others who are involved with risky behaviors, such as substance use and violence, are more prone to participating in those activities themselves (Prinstein, Boergers & Spirito 2001). Similarly to these findings, Evie’s bad drug habits take a toll on Tracy as well. Tracy picks up on smoking cigarettes, snorting cocaine, and getting a buzz off of a can of hairspray all because Evie influenced her to. Overall, Tracy’s identity was shaped by

Reflecting on my years in school, my experiences weren’t like those of Alison or Stephanie. I was the quiet one who just never talked to anyone. I would mind my own business and not pay attention to the drama going around me. As I went into high school, I became more social with my classmates, and more confident in myself. However, I didn’t encounter any problems with any of my classmates, like Alison and Stephanie.

Late adulthood is a time many people tend to suppress in their minds. Late adulthood is often considered a time of physical and mental decline, but in reality for many older adults it is a time of mental and spiritual growth. During late adulthood, people tend to start reflecting on their lives and what is really important. During younger ages, people tend to focus on things that may not matter in the future, and spend time worrying about things that are unimportant. Through interviewing older adults, younger people can learn several important life lessons and begin to appreciate the things that really matter in life.

I find this journal article interesting as it discussed the consequences of midlife psychosocial development in relation to late-life cognitive and emotional health. It is relevant in my age group, particularly in my husband’s case who is in his mid-thirties. Although I have been aware of the implications of certain psychosocial factors in someone’s well-being, I wanted to know the other aspects of midlife psychosocial development and its effect as the person ages.

We all enjoyed those days when we were children, free to play outside and run around all day with no hint of responsibility. When we are children, we are motivated to be like our parents and taking what we admire about them. Then when we hit the teenager stages, we think we know everything and that the entire world is looking at us for attention. Slowly but surely, we realize that the adult world is not all that we thought it would be, as we got older. Starting college, learning how to take care of rent and bills, figuring out your career path and taking care of your parents is not all that fun when you get down to it. We do what we do every day to take care of the ones that we love, especially our parents and

It is my belief that older individuals may sometimes feel as if they are running out of time and youth to find purposefulness and fuel accomplishments in their lives, or they may feel that they wish they had done more with their time as younger individuals. This is a concept completely rejected by my father. When I asked my father if he feared getting older than he is now, he responded that he is completely satisfied with what he has put forward and continues to put forward in his life now. He completely has no fear of the eventual end, and states it is therefore of upmost importance to find happiness and success in everyday life. He says his happiness stems from seeing his work as a working man in his middle age, as being fundamental to

We know we all use to imagine that the floor was lava and the couch was the safe place. Late childhood is that moment where we start to connect with our minds. We come up with questions in our mind that as small kids we didn’t even worry about. Adolescence contains a lot of development, and we tend to call this puberty. We also connect with our minds in this stage but a lot more, we tend to live with a child’s mind but in and adult like body. Early Adulthood is the stepping stone stage where we prepare to take the biggest venture in our life. Those venture are like finding a job, and spouse, and a home. Midlife is that age somewhere around where most people retire, and go and get nice cars, go on vacations, and things that need money. Mature adulthood, these people have a stable life usually they know what they are doing, and how they are going to further it. Late adulthood are those happy moments where you get to instill your values in your Grandkids! You are settled down at this age and try to better your life. Death and dying has to be the worst of them all it hurts to loose someone, and the fact that it’s all over and you can’t provide for yourself anymore is something truly sad; but it is one of those moments we all have to face in

Late adulthood is portrayed in prints, TV and other popular media from various perspectives. In general, they are depicted as wise, stubborn, love to give advice, have difficulty performing regular physical activities, some are even in wheelchairs or using assisted canes, and have lots of stories to tell. It 's the period of time when people are supposed to become slower, to get more obsessive, needy, and look confused most of the time. However, this period has interesting facts to educate each and every one of us. We are all going to get there, one way or another.

Erik Erikson 's psychosocial stages continue into middle adulthood with the crisis of generativity versus stagnation, defined as finding meaning in one 's life and committing to leaving a lasting legacy for future generations, versus becoming self-centered and stagnant. Socially healthy adults in this phase of life have developed their identities and the capacity for intimacy and now move on to mentoring younger generations as they face their life stages crisis. Many express this through parenting, grandparenting, teaching, and mentorship of younger generations. If mid-life adults are unable to find a positive outlet for their own generativity, they may run the risk of becoming disconnected from the community around them as they age (Papalia & Martorell, 2015).

Complications are part of aging, and severe health difficulties, deteriorating purposeful capabilities, economic limitations, and loss of social position are a few of the possibly life-altering topics that elderly adults may confront (Flood & Phillips, 2007). Psychological ups and downs and lingering sickness are linked with older adulthood, and they may distress an individual’s capabilities. The social and psychological trials are owed to fluctuations in part to: minimal interactions, losses, and housing situations. Age-linked variations are unavoidable for example,