shaping Maha’s expectations for family relationships in middle adulthood and beyond

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Case Study 8.3: Maha Ahmed, Struggling to Find Meaning and Purpose at 57

How important is culture in shaping Maha’s expectations for family relationships in middle adulthood and beyond? Explain.

Which theory of middle adulthood is most helpful to you in thinking about Maha’s situation in the late phase of middle adulthood:

Erikson’s theory of generativity, Jung’s and Levinson’s theories of finding balance, or life span theory of the gain-loss balance?

 

ExplainWhat are the risk factors for Maha’s current experience with depression and what protective factors were at play in her earlier resilience?

What significant relationships are developed during middle adulthood?
As in young adulthood, the two primary long‐term relationships characteristic of middle adulthood are cohabitation and marriage.
Cohabitors—unmarried people living together in a sexual relationship—often state their reason for cohabiting as either a trial for marriage or an alternative to marriage.