Needs In Middle Age
Middle age is a time of determining whether the man or woma,1 is a success, as measured by the goals set for themselves in youth. In occupations such 'as engineering and science, in which long professional training is essential to productive activity and economic independence, persons who have not yet been admitted to full standing may identify themselves as being young. A laborer, on the other hand, who may be the same chronological age as the newly licensed company lawyer may feel himself old at thirty-five. A steel worker or miner may feel he has reached his economic peak just at the age when the young business executive and accountant are ready for promotion and their best work. Needs in middle age center on self-evaluation-questions of status become important. In terms of behavior some people act in middle age as if they were living through a period of "emotional second adolescence." It is important for family harmony for younger people to realize that parents have problems of psychological adjustment also. Let us take an overall look at these problems.in the male and in the female.
