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Explain the adjustment problems in middle age.
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Solution
Middle age ranges between 40 years - 60 years.
The main adjustment problems in this stage are -
- Periods of physical and mental deterioration.
- Period of approaching retirement and old age.
- Period of loneliness and especially in women there is "the empty nest syndrome".
- Period of midlife transition, evaluation of achievements, and of failures in life.
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