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Please respond to this students discussion post:
According to Erikson and Vaillant there are two key milestones of middle age. These are career consolidation and generativity (Malone, 2016).
Career consolidation is the development of a career to which one is committed, compensated well for, that one is competent in performing and that provides contentment (Malone, 2016). Vaillant suggested that career consolidation occurs by internalizing one’s mentors, allowing one to be able to see themselves as a mentor contributing to society (Malone, 2016).
Generativity is the concern for establishing and leading future generations (Malone, 2016). Generativity reflects the interplay of internal needs with societal and familial connections that lead to concern for and guidance of younger generations (Malone, 2016).
These two primary tasks of middle adulthood, set-forth the basis for the midlife crisis (No author, n.d.). It is during middle adulthood that one may measure past accomplishments against personal and societal goals (No author, n.d.). If found lacking, one may experience depression and/or anxiety (No author, n.d.).
Another challenge of middle adulthood is declining physical health. From the age of 40 to 64, the body experiences many physical changes which are the result of the natural aging process (Behm, 2017). Near vision declines requiring the use of reading glasses, bone density decreases resulting in a loss of height, and muscle mass decreases resulting in a loss of strength (Behm, 2017). These physical changes affect how one interacts with their environment but may also take a toll on emotional well-being as one must adapt to their changing physical abilities (Malone, 2016).
I have seen these tasks and challenges play-out in my life and that of my husband. My husband has been a police officer in Aurora, Colorado for nearly 20 years. Recent events within the department and throughout the country have caused him to struggle with his career. He does not find that he is committed to his career nor that it provides contentment. However, as he is only 44 years old and not at the age he can retire with full benefits, he feels like he needs to “stick it out”. He also has been pulled from being a Police Area Representative (community policing) and put back on patrol due to the high attrition in the department and need for more patrol officers. He feels as though to be a patrol officer after so many years does not measure up to his peers or where he should be at this point in his career. As such, he is considering testing for detective to finish out his career. I see his struggles as reflective of the tasks of career consolidation as well as generativity.
For me, I struggle more with a decline in physical health. I have a great career which I can see myself in until I reach the age of retirement and which will allow me to continue to learn and grow as well as invest in future generations of clinicians as well as in my own children. As a hobby, I find great fulfillment in teaching fitness classes. I currently teach 7 spin classes and two strength classes per week. I know I cannot do this forever. I feel like I am capable now, but when I think about me at age 50, I wonder if I’ll be able to deliver the same intensity as I do now. I also have recently started doing CrossFit. I see people older than me participating, but I worry about the impact on my joints. I enjoy what I do, but I have already started transitioning within my head to teaching less and directing my physical activity more towards my own reward. I’d like to cut the number of classes I teach to 5 per week, and do yoga twice. Eventually, I would consider becoming a yoga instructor as a way to continue to be able to teach and maintain physical and emotional well-being but in a way that embraces my changing physical abilities.
References
Behm, V. (2017). Physical Changes in Middle adulthood [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhmJIBCh1bs (4:35)
Malone, J., Liu, S., Vaillant, G., Rentz, D., & Waldinger, R. (2016). Midlife Eriksonian psychosocial development: Setting the stage for late-life cognitive and emotional health. Developmental psychology, 52(3), 496–508. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0039875
No Author (n.d.) Psychological Factors of Middle Adulthood. https://middleadulthood.weebly.com/psychological-factors.html
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Reading/ References
Required Reading:
Behm, V. (2017). Physical Changes in Middle adulthood [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhmJIBCh1bs (4:35)
Malone, J. C., Liu, S. R., Vaillant, G. E., Rentz, D. M., & Waldinger, R. J. (2016). Midlife Eriksonian Psychosocial Development: Setting the Stage for Cognitive and Emotional Health in Late Life. Developmental Psychology, 52(3), 496–508. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5398200/
No Author (n.d.) Psychological Factors of Middle Adulthood. Retrieved from https://middleadulthood.weebly.com/psychological-factors.html
Saborsky, A. (2016). Social: Emotional Development in Middle Adulthood [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdK5kt4gQqg (41:31)

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