An exploratory study of differences in developmental concerns of middle-aged men and women in India.
Responses of 56 (32 women, 24 men) subjects to the Men's Adult Life Experiences Inventory, a 97-item self-report assessment of the frequency and intensity of 11 developmentally related domains (relationships with parent, spouse, children, friends, death, health, job, leisure, sex, self-reflection, and pressure of time) of concerns of middle-aged men and women in India were similar. The men and women differed only in their response to the self-reflection and health domains of the Men's Adult Life Experiences Inventory. This study indicates that there is no midlife crisis in India.
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School of Family Studies and Human Services, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506, USA. mitikoo@ksu.ksu.edu
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D007063:Identity Crisis; D007194:India; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010553:Personality Development