HDEV Study Set 2

Women who have a college or university education typically experience increased personal distress as they advance from middle adulthood to late adulthood.

Grandparenting is a source of stress for most middle-aged adults in the North America today.

The term "sandwich generation" refers to older adults who are squeezed into homes with their children and grandchildren.

Studies conducted in Poland, Greece, and China found that grandparenting was a very positive experience socially and psychologically.

During middle adulthood, one's work can provide social benefits, a sense of identity, and self-esteem.

Most career changes in midlife involve shifts into related fields.

In Erikson's psychosocial theory, generativity is the ability to generate or produce.

Corporate downsizing causes midlife crises for those in middle adulthood who are laid off.

Divorce rates in Canada have declined in past years, especially during middle adulthood.

In a study of 2,000 college employees, blue-collar employees reported greater levels of job satisfaction compared to others in the study.

The midlife crisis is defined as a time of dramatic self-doubt and anxiety during which people sense the passing of their youth and become preoccupied their own mortality.

An accumulation of stressful life events may accelerate age-related declines in memory functioning.

Most middle-aged adults in developed nations have at least one living parent.

Most theories of adulthood consider middle adulthood as an unimportant part of life.

Many studies show that grandparents have less influence on their grandchildren when they share a household with their married children and grandchildren.

Research on adults has shown the trait of being open to new experience decreases into late adulthood.

The majority of people in middle adulthood have at least one living brother or sister.

Grandparents in Eastern Europe have a strong influence in the lives of their grandchildren when they live with them and their single parents.

People in middle adulthood are more likely to be settled geographically and occupationally than those in early adulthood.

Life events are generally negative.