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In working with adults in Middle and Late Adulthood Validation therapy,  Reminscence therapy, Life Review and Mindfulness can be particulary helpful as they reinforce the tasks identified in the works of Schaie, Willis, Erikson, and Vallient

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Keeper of Meaning vs. rigidity stage (late middle adulthood): the adult expands their concerns beyond making a productive contribution in order to preserve something that is part of the culture, they seek ways to establish the meaningfulness of their work

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Responsible stage (of middle adulthood): use of problem-solving skills to acheive personal goals but also for those who you are responsible for
Reorganizational stage: focus on reaching personal, practical, day to day goals, deveotes thinkng to managing losses
Reintegrative stage (of late adulthood):  goals are to conserve energy
Legacy-leaving stage: cognitive resources are used to leave a written or oral history of their experience and wisdom

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"Healthy children will not fear life if their elders have integrity enough not to fear death" Erikson

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Generativity vs.stagnation (middle adulthood): giving one's one life purpose by producing/building for the next gneration through work, community service and childrearing
Ego integrity vs. despair (late adulthood): end of the Life Cycle and is a life task, challenges continue, however prior experience and struggles result in integrity, life review can develop or reinforce a sense that their life had order, meaning and dignity, and a sense of coherence and wholeness is acheived through acceptance of one's one and only life cycle

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Eudaemonic well-being describes feeling a sense of purpose, growth, and mastery.  Self-realization is essential to eudaemonic well-being.
Life satisfaction is achieved through:
autonomy : feeling that one's behaviors are self-endorsed
competence: expressing one's talents and skills
relatedness: opportunities to feel cared for and valued by others

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The single young adult leaves home- accepts emotional and financial responsibility for self, differientates from family of origin, seeks intimate relationships, development of self at work and financially
The joining of families through marriage-commitment, formation of marital system, changes to relationships with friends and family to include spouse
Families with young children- new members, adjustments in marriage to include children, child rearing, role changes with friends and extended family
Families with adolescents- flexibility to promote children's independence, refocus on career and marriage, aging caregiving issues
Launching children and moving on- accepting exits and entries from and into the family, return to the marital dyad, development of adult to adult relationship instead of parent-child, aging family issues
Families in later life- accepting shifting generational roles, support of more central role of middle generation, dealing with loss of close family members

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Focuses on both hereditary and environmental influences that supports development to behavioral/mental functioning
Changes throughout adulthood and include a balance of gains and losses
Adaptation continues from birth to death and includes: growth, maintenance (resilience) and regulation of loss
During Middle Adulthood biological supports weaken and cultural supports become more important to ensure optimal development