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ARE YOU HAVING A MIDLIFE CRISIS?
The term “midlife crisis” was first coined by Elliott Jaques in 1965 (Infurna et al., 2020). It is usually used to refer to physical and mental changes suffered by people between the ages of 40 to 60 (Lachman et al., 2015; Infurna et al., 2020). Those changes are usually the result of multiple factors such as career development, financial stability, changes in family composition, and mortality (Infurna et al., 2020). When people reach the 40-60 range, they may decide to take care of their parents while supporting their role as parents. Middle age individuals usually provide care, financial, and emotional support to younger adult children and elderly parents (Lachman et…