The major purpose of this study is the confirmation of the dynamic path, in which the openness and relations to spouses, children, or job settings affect on mid-life crisis, which was divided into two dimensions: emotional crisis and cognitive crisis....
The major purpose of this study is the confirmation of the dynamic path, in which the openness and relations to spouses, children, or job settings affect on mid-life crisis, which was divided into two dimensions: emotional crisis and cognitive crisis. The results are as follows: The relationships in social systems effect directly to emotional crisis. In other words, the higher dissatisfaction in relations to spouses, children, or job settings they feel, the more unhappiness, tediousness, despair, and powerlessness they experience. In contrast, openness affects directly to cognitive crisis. The higher degree of openness they have, the more cognitive crisis they experience. Furthermore, the process of emotional crisis precedes that of cognitive crisis. This indicates that mid-life crisis progress in order of `destructuring →reassessment →reintegration`.