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. 2010;22(3):218-33.
doi: 10.1080/08952841.2010.495574.

Creating the self: exploring the life journey of late-midlife women

Carol M Wiggs  1
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Creating the self: exploring the life journey of late-midlife women

Carol M Wiggs. J Women Aging. 2010.

Abstract

Studies on aging reflect the losses inherent in the aging process. How the aging process is viewed, either as a loss or as a natural process of living, may affect the adaptation by late-midlife women to life changes. Self-transcendence is a means of broadening one's perspective of the inner being. This article explores the meaning of life transitions, the role of life-course development, self-transcendence, and creativity in the evolution of the inner being as women age.

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