Question

Mastery of multiple roles is a major source of psychological well-being in middle adulthood. Explain how changing family relationships, though at times sources of stress, can contribute to such mastery?

Response should be at least 200 words.

Answer 1

Women experienced higher levels of mastery in the employee role than in any other role.Results also suggest that women's satisfaction with life was related to an accumulation of mastery across roles.

A sense of mastery is an important component of psychological health and well-being across the life-span.however, relatively little is known about the development of mastery during childhood .Parental education had a direct effect on adolescent mastery as well as the hypothesized indirect effect through problem solving effectiveness, suggesting both a social structural and social process influence on the development of mastery during adolescence.

Mastery, defined as a sense of having control over the forces that affect one’s life, is an important component of psychological health and well-being across the life-span.

According to researchers middle adulthood explicitly focuses on gains, losses, and unaccomplished goals. During re-evaluation of life's accomplishments, one in middle adulthood may experience depression and anxiety because of unmet goals