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The Male Midlife Crisis and Career Change
Author(s) -
SAGAL KAREN,
DeBLASSIE RICHARD
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1981.tb01219.x
Subject(s) - psychology , confusion , phenomenon , developmental psychology , life satisfaction , social psychology , psychoanalysis , physics , quantum mechanics
American males are known to find themselves in a stage similar to the turbulence and confusion of adolescence during the stage of mid‐life. This stage, referred to by some as “midadolescence,” occurs between the late 30s and early 50s. Mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual aspects of mid‐life males are frequently shaken to the core and have a definite impact on job satisfaction. Three major tasks are to be worked on during this time by men undergoing the aforementioned phenomenon: (a) terminating early adulthood, (b) dealing with polarities, and (c) initiating middle adulthood.