ABSTRACT
The main domains of adult life were illustrated in Figure 9.1 by propellers for family, work, leisure, and health. These domains are related to each other in work–family balance, recovery from work through leisure activities, health-promoting or health-compromising behavior, and care. In middle age, social functioning in these domains was mostly positive. The concept of the midlife crisis exaggerates individuals’ re-evaluation of their life, which is generally experienced positively. Average descriptions of people’s functioning conceal individual differences which exist on all layers of personality. Unique individuals have, however, common features in self-regulation with its components of emotion and behavior regulation which are reflected in their social and psychological functioning.
