Erik Erikson 's Development Through Middle Adulthood

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Jeff 's Development Through Middle Adulthood
Jeff is a 50 year old Caucasian Jewish male, who is a CEO of a midsize company, that he built from the ground up (Argosy University Online, 2015). probably feeling mellower and less negative, spending more time on the golf course, in self-reflection, with an increased passion for others (Austrian, 2008). According to Austrian (2008), Jeff has progressed to Erik Erikson 's seventh stage of generativity versus stagnation (ages 45 to 65), in which he extends himself to the next generation, and guide them to a successful career (p. 208). Erikson devoted a great deal of emphasis on the adolescent period, feeling it was a crucial stage for developing a person’s identity, thereby, not much emphasis is placed in the middle adult stage (Argosy University Online, 2015). He id devoted to his family, his faith and his socioeconomic status.
He oldest daughter, currently in college, will most likely take advantage of nepotism in his successful company, in order to get an upper hand on experience in the workplace and successfully carry on her father 's traditions. Jeff 's wife will suffer the most from empty nester syndrome when his youngest daughter goes to college next year.
Jeff and his wife, married in their late twenties, find themselves in the sandwich generation (the cost of college) and his and/or the wife 's parents, while at the peak in his career. Although, his wife is a Stay-at-Home-Mom, her busy charity organization work and her daughter 's High School activities, dictates that they provide home care assistance for their aging parents with his parent 's nest egg. No worries, Jeff has also been able to secure a financial future with his earnings and the assistance of a recommen...

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...In closing, adulthood, the longest period in the life cycle spanning the years from adolescence to old age and involves decisions about many aspects of earlier goals, family value and identify the individual 's life (Austrian, 2008). Currently, the largest cohort in the United States, the best educated and most affluent, many find themselves in the sandwich generation, caring for children and parents, while reaching a peak in their careers (Austrian, 2008). Between the years of 1960 to 1985 the baby boomer population increased by 24 percent, with an expectation to increase by 47 percent between 1990 and 2050 (Austrian, 2008). Every transition involves the termination of an existing life structure and the initiation of new ones with sociocultural life evolving around class, religion, ethnicity, family, politics and work (Austrian, 2008; Levinson, et al. 1978:420).

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