Gender features of the midlife crisis

Abstract

This article analyzes the general features of the midlife crisis.
Among the main regularities of the course of the mid-life crisis, the
following were identified: reassessment of the life plan; search for new
meanings; determination of goals and ways to achieve them, in accordance
with updated life priorities. An attempt was made to identify gender
differences in experiencing a crisis at the age of 35–48. With the help of
the «Sense-Life Orientations Test» — (J. Krambo and L. Maholika adapted
by D. A. Leontiev) method, the features of the sense-life orientations of
middle-aged men and women were determined.