What are key developmental tasks for early middle adulthood?
Middle age, spanning the ages of 30 to 70 years, is the longest stage of the life cycle and is now often divided into early and late middle adulthood. During early middle adulthood, individuals experience relatively good physical and mental health; settle into their chosen careers, socioeconomic lifestyles, patterns of relationships (married, parental, partnered, single), political, civic, social, professional, and religious affiliations and activities; and achieve maximum productivity in work and in influence over themselves and their environments. It is also a period when individuals experience a need to contribute to the next generation; to raise children or produce something that will be socially useful to others.
