A 40-year-old man has just helped his youngest child move away to college. On returning home, he feels empty and restless and has difficulty sleeping in the nights that follow. This is an example of a ______________ crisis
a. situational
b. adventitious
c. maturational
d. midlife
C
A maturational crisis is one that occurs predictably when a person arrives at a new stage in life. An example would be a parent whose children are assuming lives of their own, leaving the parent to transition to a new stage of life wherein the role of parent is deemphasized. A situational crisis is one that is specific to a particular external situation that others may not experience; these often involve losses, such as death of a loved one or loss of a job. An adventitious crisis involves an unpredictable traumatic event such as a natural disaster (tornado), manmade disaster (collapse of a building), or criminal event (mugging).
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