Construing of midlife: Is it about a “midlife crisis”?

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Construing of midlife: Is it about a “midlife crisis”?

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Midlife has been traditionally viewed as a period where an individual has reached the 'peak' of his/her life-span and recognizes his/her further life as inevitably declining and limited, which may raise the “midlife crisis” and the need for a reconstruction of meaning of life. Through a dialogical-narrative analysis of in-depth interviews about midlife experiences with 50 participants, we identified several patterns of construing of midlife. Although the most of participants mentioned the recognition of life as limited, the patterns of construing of midlife were more diverse and could not be reduced to the traditional view. Noticeably, the patterns were associated to social context (e.g., living in a family or living alone without stable relationships) and main social roles in previous life periods (e.g., raising child, career development). Comparing scores of participants on the Satisfaction with Life Scale, we discuss adaptivity of the patterns of construing of midlife. We argue that the dialogical-constructivist approach enables a fine-grained understanding of the period of midlife.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Construing of midlife: Is it about a “midlife crisis”?

Popis výsledku anglicky

Midlife has been traditionally viewed as a period where an individual has reached the 'peak' of his/her life-span and recognizes his/her further life as inevitably declining and limited, which may raise the “midlife crisis” and the need for a reconstruction of meaning of life. Through a dialogical-narrative analysis of in-depth interviews about midlife experiences with 50 participants, we identified several patterns of construing of midlife. Although the most of participants mentioned the recognition of life as limited, the patterns of construing of midlife were more diverse and could not be reduced to the traditional view. Noticeably, the patterns were associated to social context (e.g., living in a family or living alone without stable relationships) and main social roles in previous life periods (e.g., raising child, career development). Comparing scores of participants on the Satisfaction with Life Scale, we discuss adaptivity of the patterns of construing of midlife. We argue that the dialogical-constructivist approach enables a fine-grained understanding of the period of midlife.

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O - Ostatní výsledky

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50101 - Psychology (including human - machine relations)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA20-08583S" target="_blank" >GA20-08583S: Krize, prožívání a růst ve středním věku</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů