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DEVELOPMENT IN MIDDLE AGE
Human DevelopmentInformation Technology
College of Public and Community ServiceUniversity of Massachusetts at Boston
©2009 William Holmes
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PHYSICAL CHANGE IN MIDDLE AGE
• Basal Metabolism Rate (BMR) declines 8%
• Food consumption doesn’t adjust
• Exercise doesn’t adjust• Life style doesn’t adjust
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PHYSICAL CHANGE IN MIDDLE AGE
• Weight gain• Fat gain• Muscle loss• Neural loss• Perceptual decline• Organ reserve declines
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RISK FACTORS IN MIDDLE AGE
• Omega 6 fatty diets• More than light consumption
of alcohol• Sporadic or limited exercise• Stress• Limited relaxation• Social isolation
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SEX IN MIDDLE AGE: 1
• Declining libido• Declining potency• Declining hormones and
pheromones• Increased stress
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SEX IN MIDDLE AGE: 2
• Cumulative effects of alcohol
• Effects of life style• Effects of attention• Reactions to changes
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COGNITIVE CHANGE IN MIDDLE AGE
• Fluid intelligence declines (Horn)• Crystallized intelligence is stable
or increases• Varies by race and ethnicity• Varies by achievement area• Varies by study design• Speed of processing tends to
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LEARNING IN MIDDLE AGE
• Affected by goals• Affected by motivation• Colored by speed of response• Affected by new learning• Affected by new job demands
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WORK ISSUES IN MIDDLE AGE
• Job advancement/blockage• Shifts in labor pool• Shifts in business production• Shifts in job skills• New business alternatives• Job security/uncertainty
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WORK CHALLENGES IN MIDDLE AGE: 1
• Career reassessment• Discriminatory
harassment• Discriminatory
unemployment• Dead end jobs
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WORK CHALLENGES IN MIDDLE AGE: 2
• Equal pay and promotion• Work-family conflict• Travel risks and demands• Structural unemployment• Cyclic unemployment
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MIDLIFE CRISIS
• Awareness of aging• Death of consociates• Changes in relationships• Reassessed career goals• Sense of datedness• Burnout
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ADAPTATION IN MIDDLE AGE: 1
• Selye, Stress Adaptation Syndrome– Bodies response to hormones released
during stress• Alarm reaction• Resistance• Exhaustion
– Need to use released hormones
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ADAPTATION IN MIDDLE AGE: 1• Cicchetti, Resilience Theory– Risk factors• Low intelligence• Family Abuse/Isolation• Family unemployment• Low education
–Protective factors• Personality optimism/adaptability• Family support/cohesion• External support
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MARRIAGE CHALLENGES IN MIDLIFE
• Midlife crisis and second childhood
• Empty Nest Syndrome• Recommitment• Living as a couple• Multigenerational families• Economic and social stress
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PREPARING FOR TRANSITION
• Death• Separation• Job loss• Retirement• New career• Recreation• Partnership
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