What is a midlife crisis?

• Autores: Jessica Griggs
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2936, 2013, pág. 29
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Griggs interviews psychologist Oliver Robinson regarding midlife crisis. Among other things, Robinson tells that the concept of a midlife crisis is a well known one perpetuated by books and films. And recently the idea of a quarter-life crisis, between 20 and 30, has also gained a fair amount of media coverage. But there's a surprising lack of robust research on these events, and almost none on later life crisis. Furthermore, at any decade in people's life, the results suggest that there is a 40 to 50 percent chance of having a life crisis. There's a slight increase with age and in general women tend to experience more than men--but that could be because they may be more open to admitting that they have had a hard time.