A patient is experiencing distress with midlife transition. Which statement provides sup-port that the patient is successfully managing this stressor?
a. "I won't give up on my dream to be rich."
b. "Being rich doesn't necessarily make a person happy."
c. "I'll never be rich but I can save enough to live comfortably."
d. "I wasn't being realistic when I set being rich as my life's goal."
ANS: C
The midlife transition occurs between the ages of 40 and 45 years. Individuals face the reali-zation that the failure to accomplish all of life's goals leads first to disappointment and then to the reformulation of earlier goals. The remaining options do not show a reforming of orig-inal goals.
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