Editing Middle age (section)

{{Short description|Midpoint of life}}
{{about|the stage of human development|the historical period|Middle Ages|other uses|Middle Ages (disambiguation)}}
{{Human growth and development}}
'''Middle age'''  (or '''middle adulthood''') is the age range of the years halfway between [[childhood]] and [[old age]].<ref name="PsycNet">{{Cite web|url=http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&uid=1986-19674-001|title=APA PsycNet|website=psycnet.apa.org|access-date=2016-09-25|archive-date=2020-01-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102095017/http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&uid=1986-19674-001|url-status=live}}</ref> The exact range is subject to [[public debate]], but the term is commonly used to denote the age range from around 40 or 45 to around 60 or 65 years.<ref name="Oxford Dicionary" /><ref name="Merriam Webster" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-19 |title=The Language Of Ageism: Understanding How We Talk About Older People |url=https://www.dictionary.com/e/ageism-terms/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=Dictionary.com |language=en-US |quote=When is ''middle age''? We define ''middle age'' as “the period of human life between youth and old age, sometimes considered as the years between 45 and 65 or thereabout.”Given the different views on when old age begins, it shouldn’t surprise you to learn that the exact range of middle age is not set in stone either. In general, our age range of “45 to 65” is around the age range generally used to say when middle age supposedly occurs. Polling shows that people may think middle age begins later or earlier depending on who you ask.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Story: Midlife adults |url=https://teara.govt.nz/en/midlife-adults/page-1 |website=teara.govt.nz}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oMsXWRjHRfwC&q=cognitive%20decline%20may%20occur%20with%20age|title=The Aging Auditory System|author-link1=Sandra Gordon-Salant|first1=Sandra|last1=Gordon-Salant|first2=Robert D.|last2=Frisina|first3=Richard R.|last3=Fay|first4=Arthur|last4=Popper|date=3 May 2010|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|via=Google Books|isbn=9781441909947|access-date=1 November 2020|archive-date=19 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319100711/https://books.google.com/books?id=oMsXWRjHRfwC&q=cognitive%20decline%20may%20occur%20with%20age|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmc=7347230 | year=2020 | last1=Infurna | first1=F. J. | last2=Gerstorf | first2=D. | last3=Lachman | first3=M. E. | title=Midlife in the 2020s: Opportunities and Challenges | journal=The American Psychologist | volume=75 | issue=4 | pages=470–485 | doi=10.1037/amp0000591 | pmid=32378943 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | pmc=4734389 | year=2015 | last1=Lachman | first1=M. E. | title=Mind the Gap in the Middle: A Call to Study Midlife | journal=Research in Human Development | volume=12 | issue=3–4 | pages=327–334 | doi=10.1080/15427609.2015.1068048 | pmid=26848288 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Thomas |first1=Annette Joan |last2=Mitchell |first2=Ellen Sullivan |last3=Woods |first3=Nancy Fugate |date=2018-06-15 |title=The challenges of midlife women: themes from the Seattle midlife Women's health study |journal=Women's Midlife Health |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=8 |doi=10.1186/s40695-018-0039-9 |doi-access=free |pmid=30766718 |issn=2054-2690|pmc=6298022 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Harlow |first1=Siobán D. |last2=Derby |first2=Carol A. |date=2015 |title=Women's Midlife Health: Why the Midlife Matters |journal=Women's Midlife Health |volume=1 |pages=5 |doi=10.1186/s40695-015-0006-7 |doi-access=free |issn=2054-2690 |pmc=6214213 |pmid=30766692}}</ref>