middle adulthood
collocation in Englishmeaningsofmiddleandadulthood
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middle
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈmɪd.əl/us/ˈmɪd.əl/
in a ...
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adulthood
noun[U]
uk/ˈæd.ʌlt.hʊd/us/ˈæd.ʌlt.hʊd/
the part of someone's life when they are ...
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(Definition ofmiddleandadulthoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Osteological examination reveals a normal life expectancy ofmiddleadulthoodfor both genders.
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In addition, the age graded data show increases in early tomiddleadulthood, before the age related decline.
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If a disorder does not typically occur tillmiddleadulthood, it might be difficult to see a short-term elevation in risk occurring in childhood after parental loss.
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From childhood tomiddleadulthood, individuals may have and acquire many resources for these goals : maturation of physical abilities, and learning how to conform to norms and behavioural expectations.
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However, an examination of their smoking patterns revealed that the early-stable smokers remained heavy smokers intomiddleadulthoodwhereas the experimenters typically stopped smoking by age 20.
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It will be of interest for longitudinal studies to investigate the role of binge eating in the increased prevalence of obesity between adolescence andmiddleadulthood.
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Age of acquisition values predicted naming speed even when words were learned inmiddleadulthood.
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Retirement for women in the past might possibly have been different from retirement for men because of the way their roles were defined during early andmiddleadulthood.
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Levinson also emphasizes that there is a midlife crisis that occurs inmiddleadulthood.
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Conversely, those who had a difficult time duringmiddleadulthoodmay look back and feel a sense of despair.
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By the age of 40 one normally reaches a stable position in their career and then begins to transfer intomiddleadulthood.
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In stage seven, ormiddleadulthood, people experience the challenge of trying to make a difference (versus self-absorption).
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The young adult stage in human development precedesmiddleadulthood.
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Levinson emphasizes that developmental tasks must be mastered at each of these stages which include: early adulthood,middleadulthood, and late adulthood.
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