Social Development Research

Social Development Research

John Phillips

Nov. 18 2012

Psy201

Nancy C. Pierre

I decided to choose this topic because you mainly hear that most of the time a “Midlife Crisis” affects men more so than women. While I feel I am still a little young to start worrying about such things, I feel it is important to understand them before they happen. I already feel like I am older than what I really am and sometimes unhappy with the way my life has gone. I feel that understand where a midlife crisis can come from might help me prevent one later on in my life. If I had to write a research paper on this topic I am pretty sure I would use this article. This article provides very detailed information about studies done on people who say they have had a “midlife crisis”. I would make sure that I had a few more sources of information to add to my research though. The information provided in this article is backed by many different sources and shows very in depth study results. Some of the information provided in the article shows the comparison of women who experience a midlife crisis to males who experience midlife crises. After reading that data I was somewhat shocked because most of the time you hear about men who go through this phase not women, but in the study 25.4% of the men and 26.3% of the women reported to having a midlife crisis. Generally though, you never hear about women suffering from this problem. Most American’s have varied beliefs about what a midlife crisis really is. Some believe it is a time of stress and confusion while others welcomed it and saw it as a gift of adult life. After reviewing this article I would have to say that my outlook on a midlife crisis is completely different now. I will be looking out for it more than I was before!

References

Wethington, E. (2000, June). Expecting Stress: Americans and the “Midlife Crisis”. Motivation and Emotion, 24(), 85-103