Editing Middle age (section)

== Social and personality characteristics ==
For some, marital satisfaction remains intact, but other family relationships can become more difficult. Career satisfaction focuses more on inner satisfaction and contentedness and less on ambition and the desire to advance.<ref name="Stern-2016"/> Even so, career changes occur often. Middle age can be a time when people reexamine their lives by taking stock and evaluating their accomplishments. Morality may change and become more conscious.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Kellner|first1=Douglas|last2=Habermas|first2=Jurgen|date=March 1992|title=Moral Consciousness and Communicative Action |journal=Contemporary Sociology|volume=21|issue=2|pages=278|doi=10.2307/2075511|jstor=2075511|issn=0094-3061 }}</ref> The perception that those in this stage of development of life undergo a so-called midlife crisis is a largely false one.<ref>{{Citation|last1=Levenson|first1=Michael R.|title=Change in Personality Processes and Health Outcomes |work=Handbook of Personality Development|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-315-80561-0|last2=Aldwin|first2=Corolyn M.|year=2014|doi=10.4324/9781315805610.ch21 }}</ref> Personality characteristics remain stable throughout this period,<ref name="PsycNet"/> and relationships in middle age may continue to evolve into connections that are stable.<ref name="Stern-2016"/>