When evening falls: the immigrant's encounter with middle and old age.
When evening falls: the immigrant's encounter with middle and old age.
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DOI：
10.1023/b:tajp.0000027272.64645.f2
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发表时间：
2004-06-01
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通讯作者：
Choi, Lois Wonsun
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作者：
Akhtar, Salman;Choi, Lois Wonsun
本文阐述了移民在中老年时期遇到的发展任务。它描述了这一人生阶段特有的五种社会心理挑战的变迁，并强调了移民在每个领域所面临的困难。这些挑战包括（1）放弃孩子，（2）退休，（3）祖父母，（4）因死亡而失去兄弟姐妹和同龄人，以及（5）身体健康状况下降和对死亡的预期。有人提出，预先存在的哀悼能力、令人满意的婚姻、同族社区的支持、与工作无关的升华、经济保障以及没有过度的身体疾病，有助于在面对成年晚期这些特定阶段的困境时保持积极的态度。
This article elucidates the immigrant's encounter with the developmental tasks of middle and old age. It describes the vicissitudes of five psychosocial challenges characteristic of this phase of life and underscores the difficulties faced by the immigrant in each of these realms. These challenges include (1) letting go of the children, (2) retirement, (3) grandparenthood, (4) loss of siblings and peers through death, and (5) declining physical health and anticipation of death. It is suggested that preexisting capacity for mourning alongside a satisfactory marriage, support from homoethnic community, non-job-related sublimations, economic security, and absence of undue physical ailments help sustain a positive attitude as one faces these phase-specific dilemmas of late adult life.