1. Erikson regarded middle age as a period when adults have to face a conflict between and stagnation.

2. Levinson (1978) also depicts mid-life as a period of inner .

3. Recent research has challenged the notion of a mid-life

4. Some teenagers even describe themselves as with glamorous but remote people whom they will almost certainly never meet.

5. Life is a biological process, but its course, quality and duration are influenced by psychological factors; among these factors are the and that we hold about aging.